Monkey on My Back

Monkey on My Back (1957)

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The painfully true story of welterweight boxing champion Barney Ross is detailed in Monkey on My Back. Cameron Mitchell stars as Ross, whose meteoric ring career is interrupted when he joins the Marines at the outset of WWII. A highly decorated hero, Ross contracts malaria oversees and is given… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Genres
Drama, Classics
In Theaters
May 29, 1957 Wide
On DVD
Feb 8, 2005

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    A well-intentioned but nevertheless unimaginative and dreary biopic on welterweight boxing champion Barney Ross.

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  • Sarah P


    It was a pretty good movie for what it was. I thought it did a good job with showing the highs and lows.

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