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Name: The Champ
Released: 1979-4-1
Cast: Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Rick Schroder, Jack Warden, Arthur Hill

The Champ

PG
2h 1m
1979

40%

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Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway and Ricky Schroeder star in this story of the love between a father and his son...and the woman who tries to separate them. Billy Flynn (Academy Award winner Voight--Ali, Coming Home), who used to be a champion boxer, barely earns enough money to keep himself and his boy (Rick Schroeder--"Lonesome Dove," "NYPD Blue") alive when his ex-wife, Annie (Academy Award winner Dunaway--Network, Chinatown) returns. She has remarried and become successful--and she wants custody of their child. Now to keep the son who adores him, Flynn must train, fight and find it within himself to once again become The Champ.

Director:

Franco Zeffirelli

Producer:

Dyson Lovell

Writer:

Walter Newman

Cast:

Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Rick Schroder, Jack Warden, Arthur Hill, Strother Martin, Joan Blondell, Mary Jo Catlett, Elisha Cook Jr., Stefan Gierasch, Allan Miller, Joe Tornatore, Shirlee Kong

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

40%

Reviews

Common Sense Media

Tom Cassidy

This 1979 drama has moments of excitement to keep it interesting and heaps of real emotion, making it a compelling drama. But while you shouldn't expect to maintain dry eyes, The Champ is much more than a misery parade.

The entire production is first-class, reminiscent of MGM in its heyday.

This film has only two moods: the mawkish and the maudlin.

November 3, 2021

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