Glory Alley

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Glory Alley
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Produced by Nicholas Nayfack
Written by Art Cohn
Starring Ralph Meeker
Leslie Caron
Kurt Kasznar
Narrated by John McIntire
Music by Pete Rugolo
Albert Sendrey
George Stoll
Cinematography William H. Daniels
Edited by Gene Ruggiero
Distributed by MGM
Release dates
June 6, 1952
Running time
79 mins.
Country United States
Language English
Budget $971,000[1]
Box office $607,000[1]

Glory Alley is a 1952 film directed by Raoul Walsh. It stars Ralph Meeker and Leslie Caron.[2]

Plot

New Orleans newspaper columnist Gabe Jordan, about to retire, tells the story of a most unforgettable character, boxer Socks Barbarossa.

One night, about to have a bout for the championship, Socks abruptly flees the ring and arena. It mystifies everyone, from his manager Peppi Donato to his sweetheart Angie Evans, not to mention her blind father, the Judge.

Socks' opponent taunts him afterward in the empty arena, so Socks flattens him. Peppi offers him a job at a nightclub he intends to buy where Angie has been working as a dancer. Socks also owns the contract of another fighter, Newsboy Addams, but raffles it off. "Pig" Nichols, a gangster, wins the contract, but both Socks and the boxer are drafted and go off to war.

The Judge continues to think poorly of Socks, even after he returns to town as a decorated hero. A surgeon, Dr. Ardley, believes there's a 50-50 chance of correcting the Judge's blindness, and it comes to light that he and Socks are acquainted from their Milwaukee younger days. Socks has scars, visible and not, from a long-ago experience in the ring, that caused him to panic on the night of the most recent fight.

Angie, too, vouches for Socks' character to the Judge, who didn't even realize she'd been working in a club to make ends meet. He concedes to the operation, Socks returns to the ring and great success, and everyone goes to meet newspaperman Gabe at the club to celebrate.

Cast

Reception

According to MGM records the film earned $426,000 in the US and Canada and $181,000 overseas, resulting in a loss of $621,000.[1]

References

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  2. http://allmovie.com/work/glory-alley-93325

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