Drama

Gentleman Jim (1942) Qtrmeg

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• Rate this torrent +  |  -

Torrent info

Torrent Files List

Torrent description

Gentleman Jim (1942)

FILE INFO:

File size : 735 MB
Duration : 1h 44mn
Color: : B & W

Video Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Codec : Divx
Bit rate : 846 Kbps
Width : 352 pixels
Height : 240 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 1.467
Frame rate : 29.97 fps

Audio Format : MPEG Audio
Bit rate : 128 kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Encoding settings : CBR


MOVIE INFO:

IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034778/

IMDb Rating 7.7/10

Director: Raoul Walsh

Writers:

Vincent Lawrence
Horace McCoy


Actors:

Errol Flynn ... James J. Corbett aka Gentleman Jim
Alexis Smith ... Victoria Ware
Jack Carson ... Walter Lowrie
Alan Hale ... Pat Corbett
John Loder ... Carlton De Witt
William Frawley ... Billy Delaney
Minor Watson ... Buck Ware
Ward Bond ... John L. Sullivan
Madeleine LeBeau ... Anna Held
Rhys Williams ... Harry Watson
Arthur Shields ... Father Burke
Dorothy Vaughan ... Ma Corbett


PLOT SUMMARY:

Because boxing is a considered an illegal and disreputable enterprise in 1880's San Francisco, wealthy and influential members of the prestigious Olympic Club vow to make the sport a "gentlemanly" one. They sponsor a brash, extroverted young bank clerk named Jim Corbett, who quickly becomes an accomplished fighter under the new Marquis of Queensbury Rules. Despite his success, the young Irish-American's social pretensions and boastful manner soon estrange him from his benefactors, who plot to give their conceited former protege a well-deserved comeuppance. Despite this, his dazzlingly innovative footwork helps him to beat a succession of bigger and stronger men, and he finally finds himself fighting for the world's championship against his childhood idol, John L. Sullivan.


Viewer Comment:

Loosely based on the James J Corbett biography "The Roar Of The Crowd", Gentleman Jim is a wonderfully breezy picture that perfectly encapsulates not only the rise of the pugilistic prancer that was Corbett, but also the wind of change as regards the sport of boxing circa the 1890s.

The story follows Corbett {a perfectly casted Errol Flynn} from his humble beginnings as a bank teller in San Fransico, thru to a chance fight with an ex boxing champion that eventually leads to him fighting the fearsome heavyweight champion of the world, John L Sullivan {beefcake personified delightfully by Ward Bond}. Not all the fights are in the ring tho, and it's all the spin off vignettes in Corbett's life that makes this a grand entertaining picture. There are class issues to overcome here {perfectly played out as fellow club members pay to have him knocked down a peg or two}, and Corbett has to not only fight to get respect from his so called peers, but he must also overcome his ego as it grows as briskly as his reputation does. Along with the quite wonderful Corbett family, and all their stoic humorous support, Corbett's journey is as enthralling as it is joyous, yet as brash and as bold as he is, he is a very likable character, and it's a character that befits the tagged moniker he got of Gentleman Jim.

The film never sags for one moment, and it's a testament to director Raoul Walsh that although we are eagerly awaiting the final fight, the outer ring goings on are keeping us firmly entertained, not even the love interest sub plot hurts this picture {thank you Alexis Smith}. The fight sequences stand up really well, and they perfectly show just how Corbett became the champ he was, his brand of dancing rings round slugger fighters is now firmly placed in boxing history. As the final reel rolls we all come down to earth as an after fight meeting between Sullivan and Corbett puts all the brutality into context, and it's here where humility and humbleness becomes the outright winner, and as far as this viewer goes..............it will do for me to be sure to be sure, 9/10 for a truly wonderful picture.

related torrents

comments (0)