Killer McCoy
| Killer McCoy | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Roy Rowland |
| Produced by | Sam Zimbalist |
| Written by |
Frederick Hazlitt Brennan George Bruce Thomas Lennon George Oppenheimer |
| Starring |
Mickey Rooney Brian Donlevy Ann Blyth |
| Music by | David Snell |
| Cinematography | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| Edited by | Ralph E. Winters |
Production company | |
Release dates | December 1947 |
Running time | 104 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,402,000[1] |
| Box office | $3,191,000[1] |
Killer McCoy is a 1947 American film about a boxer. It is a remake of The Crowd Roars (1938).
Plot summary
Tommy McCoy is a tough New York City boy, close to his dad, Brian, a performer in vaudeville. One night while his dad's doing a song and dance for the audience as part of a boxing event, Tommy accepts a challenge to step into the ring. He knocks out his opponent.
Lightweight champ Johnny Martin is impressed. He takes the McCoys on the road, letting Brian perform and showing Tommy the ropes of the boxing business. Tommy wins several fights and gains popularity, but kills a man in the ring and wants to quit. Then he discovers that his dad is heavily in debt to racketeer Jim Caighn and has gambled away Tommy's earnings.
Tommy begins a romantic relationship with the gangster's daughter, Sheila. He is expected to throw a big fight so that Caighn can collect a big payoff from his gambling rivals, and to ensure his dive in the eighth round, Sheila is taken hostage. But she manages to escape, inspiring Tommy to knock out his foe.
Cast
- Mickey Rooney as Tommy McCoy / Killer McCoy
- Brian Donlevy as Jim Caighn
- Ann Blyth as Sheila Carrson
- James Dunn as Brian McCoy
- Tom Tully as Cecil Y. Walsh
- Sam Levene as Happy
- Walter Sande as Bill Thorne
- Mickey Knox as Johnny Martin
- James Bell as Father Patrick Ryan
- Gloria Holden as Mrs. Laura McCoy
- Eve March as Mrs. Martin
- June Storey as Arlene - Waitress
- Douglas Croft as Danny Burns, Newsboy
- Bob Steele as Sailor Graves
- David Clarke as Pete Mariola
Reception
The film was a notable change of pace for Mickey Rooney, and it was a hit, earning $2,201,000 in the US and Canada and $990,000 elsewhere[1] making a profit of $768,000.[2][3]
References
External links
- Killer McCoy at IMDB
- Killer McCoy at AllMovie
- Killer McCoy at the TCM Movie Database
- Killer McCoy at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Killer McCoy at New York Times