Wallace Beery,
Jackie Cooper,
Irene Rich,
Roscoe Ates,
Edward Brophy
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Dink Purcell loves his alcoholic father, ex-heavyweight champion Andy "Champ" Purcell, despite his frequent binges, his frequent gambling and their squalid living conditions. And there's nothing Andy ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 31, 2006
Stats: 45 reviews
I've read other reviews that have called this sentimental and sappy. I guess I enjoy that on occasion. I identified with Beery's character trying to get by, struggling to improve himself. I also like performances by children who are precocious enough to show innocence at times...( read more)
A very sentimental tearjerker, very well acted by Wallace Beery, and he won an Oscar for this performance. It is far and above better than the 1979 remake. Good story, typically fine MGM production. A real classic.
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