Gentleman Jim

Gentleman Jim (1942)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (9 reviews)

  • 79% of users liked it
    (475 ratings)

Maybe Errol Flynn was never the war hero that he often played, but he was a capable boxer, and Gentleman Jim makes full use of this skill. Flynn stars as Jim Corbett, the 19th-century American pugilist who introduced "scientific" methods to bare-knuckle boxing. Originally an office clerk, Corbett is… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 44 min.
Directed By
Raoul Walsh
Written By
Horace McCoy
Genres
Drama, Romance, Classics, Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1942 Wide
On DVD
Mar 27, 2007

Critic Reviews

  • Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

    The most kinetic of period pieces, the least pious of biopics, Walsh's Grand Illusion, an elegy for men trying to hang on to the notion of blood sports as games of honor

  • Jeremy Heilman, MovieMartyr.com

    Walsh trusts his viewers to value ability and wit over humility and pathos, resulting in one of the most roundly entertaining of all sports films.

  • Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television

    One of the most lovable, funny and enthusiastic of all film biographies.

  • John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis

    ...as good a sports biography, hyperbole or not, as you'll find.

  • John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis

    ...has all the exuberance, excitement, romance, and high good humor that is missing in many of today's so-called inspirational sports films.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • AJ V


    A pretty good boxing movie, it's set in the past, in England (I think). I saw it on TV, and it looked good enough, but I got kinda bored with it in some scenes.

  • jay n


    Errol has one of his best roles here. How much is truth who knows but its well played and Alexis Smith is incredibly lovely.

  • Danny R


    A Warner Brothers classic, that richly deserves a place among the pantheon of great boxing films, it tells the true-life story of James J. "Gentlemen Jim" Corbett, the colorful Irish-American boxer who became the first heavyweight champion of the world, under the new Marquis… More

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