Knockout (2000)

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In this sports drama, a tough and ambitious woman follows her dream to succeed in a field where few women have dared to go. Isabelle Alvarado (Sophia Adella Hernandez) grew up in a tough neighborhood in East Los Angeles, where her father once had a promising career as a professional boxer. He set… More In this sports drama, a tough and ambitious woman follows her dream to succeed in a field where few women have dared to go. Isabelle Alvarado (Sophia Adella Hernandez) grew up in a tough neighborhood in East Los Angeles, where her father once had a promising career as a professional boxer. He set sports aside and took a job as a policeman, and her mother when Isabelle was still a child. Now that Isabelle has grown to adulthood, she wishes to follow in her father's footsteps and become a female boxer. She discovers, however, that in a sport dogged by corruption and dominated by men, the climb to the top is steep and slippery. Knockout also features Paul Winfield, William McNamara, and Tony Plana. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: PG-13, 1 hr. 40 min.
Directed By: Lorenzo Doumani
Written By: Lorenzo Doumani
Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure

In Theaters: Mar 29, 1941 Wide
On DVD: May 30, 2000
Studio: Independent Artists

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Gregory Weinkauf, New Times
Your female boxing movie, and the horse it rode in on.

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Cast

            Sophia Adella Hernandez as Isabelle Alvarado

            Eduardo Yanez as Mario Rodriguez

            Tony Plana as Chuck Alvarado

            Paul Winfield as Ron Regent

            William McNamara as Michael De Marco

            Maria Conchita Alonso as Carmen Alvarado

            Gina LaPiana as Sandra Lopez

            Erick Vasquez as Enrique

            Arthur Kennedy as Johnny Rocket

            Olympe Bradna as Angela Grinnelli

            Virginia Field as Gloria Van Ness

            Anthony Quinn as Trego

            Cliff Edwards as Sleepy

            Cornel Wilde as Tom Rossi

            Richard Ainley as Allison

            William Edmunds as Louis Grinnelli

            Frank Wilcox as Denning

            John Ridgely as Pat Martin

            Ben Welden as Pelky

            Vera Lewis as Mrs. Turner

            Charles C. Wilson as Monigan

            Edwin Stanley as Doctor

            Herbert Anderson
            
            David Clarke as Peters

            Frank Faylen
            
            Creighton Hale as Reporter

            Grace Hayle as Mrs. Smithers

            William Hopper
            
            John Kellogg as Murphy

            David Kerwin
            
            Frank Mayo as Doctor

            Frank Moran
            
            Jimmy O'Gatty as Pugs

            Pat O'Malley as Announcer

            Gaylord "Steve" Pendleton as Stanley

            Lee Phelps as Announcer

            Paul Phillips
            
            William 'Bill' Phillips as Kovacs

            Al Seymour as Referee

            Elliott Sullivan
            
            Kid Chissell as Hawkins

            Frank Riggi as Hanson
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