The Fight Never Ends
The Fight Never Ends is an American film with a crime fighting theme released in 1948. It was directed by , with a cast that included boxer Joe Louis, Ruby Dee, The Mills Brothers, and Harrel Tillman.[1] It was one of stage star Ruby Dee's first films.[2]
A poster for the film tauted it with the slogan "The Brown Bomber Fights His Greatest Fight - Against Crime".[3]
Cast[]
- Joe Louis as "The Champ"[4]
- Ruby Dee as Janey
- The Mills Brothers
- Harrel Tillman as Jerry, also known as "The Caper"
- Elwood Smith as Howard "Howie" Robinson
- William Greaves as Frankie[citation needed]
- Emmett "Babe" Wallace
- Gilbert Whyte as Spider
- William Leftwich as Cricket
- Roger Furman
References[]
- ^ Staff, America Film Institute; Gevinson, Alan; Institute, American Film; Afi, American Film (August 21, 1997). Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520209640 – via Google Books.
- ^ Sampson, Henry T. (August 21, 1995). Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810826052 – via Google Books.
- ^ Wiggins, David Kenneth; Miller, Patrick B. (August 21, 2003). The Unlevel Playing Field: A Documentary History of the African American Experience in Sport. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252028205 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Fight Never Ends (1948) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
Categories:
- Joe Louis
- 1948 films
- American films