Iron Man
Drama
Premiere Release (US)
~ He's all man in the ring -- or anywhere! ~
Overview:
An ambitious coal miner is talked into becoming a boxer by his gambler brother.
Director:
Joseph Pevney
Status:
Released
Language:
English
Buget:
$0.00
Revenue:
Key words:
Cast
Jeff Chandler
~ as ~
Coke Mason
Evelyn Keyes
Rose Warren Mason
Stephen McNally
George Mason
Rock Hudson
Tommy 'Speed' O'Keefe
Joyce Holden
'Tiny' Ford - Photographer
Jim Backus
Max Watkins
James Arness
Alex Mallick
Steve Martin
Joe Savella
George Baxter
Herb Riley
George Adrian
Charlie (uncredited)
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Written 2 year(s) ago
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Now I did struggle with the idea of Jeff Chandler as a red-misted boxing champion, but here he acquits him self adequately enough. He's coal miner "Coke" who dreams of wedding his girl "Rose" (Evelyn Keyes) and buying a radio store. His rather more venal brother "George" (Stephen McNally) runs a pool hall and discovers that when his sibling gets cross, really cross, his fists can do his talking for him. The ring beckons, and success follows - but at a price. "Coke" is a brute. He fights legal, but dirty - and the crowd gradually learn to loathe him. Finally he has had enough and wants to stop, but discovers that his now wife is embroiled in some match-fixing with "George" and he faces quite a dilemma - one epitomised at the denouement with a bout with the equally unlikely pugilist Rock Hudson ("Speed"). It's another of the stories set in an industrial town where opportunities were scant and where boxing was a route out if you were prepared to take and give a beating. This one tries to introduce the concept of a conscience in the lead character and the photography does give some sort of indication as to the brutality in the ring. It's a solid film that has just about enough action and a message to convey about right (hooks) and wrong.