''World in My Corner'' is a 1956 American

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sport film A sports film is a film genre in which any particular sport plays a prominent role in the film's plot or acts as its central theme. It is a production in which a sport, sporting event, athlete (and their sport), or follower of sport (and the spo ...

directed by

Jesse Hibbs Jesse John Hibbs (January 11, 1906 – February 4, 1985) was an American film director, film and television director and American football player. He played college football at the University of Southern California (USC), where he was an All-Ame ...

and starring

Audie Murphy Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) was an American soldier, actor and songwriter. He was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II. He received every military combat award for valor available from t ...

and Barbara Rush. It was one of the few non-Westerns Murphy made in his career.

Plot

Tommy Shea (Audie Murphy), a boxer from Jersey City, is sponsored by millionaire Robert Mallinson (Jeff Morrow). He falls for Mallinson's daughter, Dorothy (Barbara Rush) who wants to break free from what she feels is her father's controlling ways and pursue her writing career. In order to get hold of the kind of money it takes to start a life with Dorothy, Tommy decides to work for crooked fight promoter Harry Cram. This causes conflict with his honest manager, Dave Bernstein. As his big fight approaches, Tommy is torn about what to do.

Cast

as Tommy Shea * Barbara Rush as Dorothy Mallinson *

Jeff Morrow Leslie Irving Morrow, known as Jeff Morrow (January 13, 1907 – December 26, 1993), was an American actor educated at Pratt Institute in his native New York City. Morrow was a commercial artist prior to turning to acting. Early in his caree ...

as Robert T. Mallinson *

John McIntire John Herrick McIntire (June 27, 1907 – January 30, 1991) was an American character actor who appeared in 65 theatrical films and many television series. McIntire is well known for having replaced Ward Bond, upon Bond's sudden death in Novem ...

as Dave Bernstein *

Tommy Rall Thomas Edward Rall (December 27, 1929 – October 6, 2020) was an American actor, ballet dancer, tap dancer, and acrobatic dancer who was a prominent featured player in 1950s musical comedies. He later became a successful operatic tenor in the 1 ...

as Ray Kacsmerek *

Howard St. John Howard St. John (October 9, 1905 – March 13, 1974) was a Chicago-born character actor who specialized in unsympathetic roles. His work spanned Broadway, film and television. Among his best-remembered roles are the bombastic General Bullmoose i ...

as Harry Cram * Chico Vejar as Al Carelli * Steve Ellis as TV announcer *

Art Aragon Arthur Benjamin Aragon (November 13, 1927 – March 25, 2008 ) was an American boxer in the lightweight class from New Mexico. Early and later life Aragon was a native of Belen, New Mexico, but grew up in East Los Angeles. His family was of M ...

as fighter * Dani Crayne as Doris *

Jimmy Lennon Jimmy Lennon Sr. (April 13, 1913 – April 20, 1992) was a ring announcer for boxing and professional wrestling matches. Early life Lennon sang as a young boy in church and later formed a singing group, The Lennon Brothers, with his brothers in V ...

as Ring Announcer (as James F. Lennon) * Cisco Andrade as Parker * Harold 'Tommy' Hart as Stretch Caplow (as H. Tommy Hart, also acted as the film's

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) *

Sheila Bromley Sheila Bromley (born Sheila LeGay; October 31, 1911 – July 23, 2003), (The reference work ''Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003'' gave her birth date as October 31, 1907). sometimes billed as Sheila LeGay, Sheila Manners, Sheila Manno ...

as Mrs. Mallinson

Production

The film was Murphy's first following the tremendous box office success of '' To Hell and Back'' (1955) and used the same producer and director as that film. Murphy fights with several real life boxers on screen, including Chico Vejar, Art Aragon and Cisco Andrade. Andrade later praised Murphy as being "the first actor I ever saw who wasn't afraid of getting hit hard in a prize fight scene."Don Graham, ''No Name on the Bullet'', N.Y.: Viking, 1989 p263

Response

According to Murphy's biographer, the film "didn't do anything at the box office".

References

External links

* * 1956 films 1950s sports films American boxing films Audie Murphy Films directed by Jesse Hibbs Films with screenplays by Jack Sher Universal Pictures films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{sport-film-stub