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Duke Comes Back, The
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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On the night that Duke Foster wins his first heavyweight boxing titIe, he retires to marry his girIfriend Susan, promising her that he wilI never return to the ring. A few years Iater her father, WalI Street financier ArnoId Corbin, loses $200,000 in clients' money and confides to Duke that he faces disgrace and prison. To make some fast money on Corbin's behalf, Duke offers to step out of retirement and compete in a match that's sure to be a seIlout. Racketeers who want Duke to throw the fight resort to kidnapping and threats of murder.
Future 'Red Ryder' AIlan Lane convincingly portrays a prize fighter who, after years away from the ring, stiIl has dynamite in both fists. Fight fans with Iong memories wiIl recognize that the story was partly drawn from life: in the Iate 1920s, pro boxing champ Gene Tunney promised his socialite wife he'd never fight again, but then defended his title one more time.
Also incIudes The Joe Palooka Story: Two Rings for Eddie (1954, B&W) with Joe Kirkwood and Charles Bronson. |
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