Come Out Fighting (radio Drama)
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''Come Out Fighting'' is a 1950 Australian radio drama by Ralph Peterson. Peterson used it as an inspiration for his highly successful stage play ''
The Square Ring ''The Square Ring'' is a 1953 British tragi-comic drama, directed by Basil Dearden and made at Ealing Studios. It stars Jack Warner, Robert Beatty and Bill Owen. The film, based on a stage play by Ralph Peterson, centres on one night at a f ...
''. (Along with another radio feature of Peterson's, ''The Problem of Johnny Flourcake''.) Several real boxing commentators were used.


Premise

A truck driver, Greg Mason, becomes a champion boxer to support his mother and younger sister. His manager and trainer, Mike Williams, sees Greg a representative of what Mike wants to be. Williams' daughter Chris worries about Greg. Greg's mother is unsympathetic to her son's boxing career as her husband was killed in a fight.


References

{{reflist 1950 radio dramas 1950s Australian radio dramas Works by Ralph Peterson