''The Kid Comes Back'' is a 1938 prizefight film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring

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, June Travis and "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom. The title may be meant to remind audiences of ''

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'', a smash hit prizefight movie released the previous year starring Edward G. Robinson,

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, Humphrey Bogart, and Wayne Morris in the title role as a young boxer very similar to his part in ''The Kid Comes Back''.

External links

''The Kid Comes Back''
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