The Crowd Roars (1938) - Video Detective

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Overview
Cast & Crew

The Crowd Roars is a 1938 film starring Robert Taylor as a boxer who gets entangled in the seamier side of the sport. It was remade in 1947 as Killer McCoy, featuring Mickey Rooney in the title role. This film was not a remake of the 1932 film of the same name starring James Cagney.

Original Release

08/05/1938

US Release

08/05/1938

Cast

Robert Taylor	Tommy McCoy / 'Killer' McCoy
Edward Arnold	Jim Cain
Frank Morgan	Brian McCoy
Maureen O'Sullivan	Sheila Carson / Sheila 'Shelia' Carson
William Gargan	Johnny Martin
Lionel Stander	'Happy' Lane
Jane Wyman	Vivian Lee / Vivian
Nat Pendleton	'Pug' Walsh
Charles D. Brown	Bill Thorne
Gene Reynolds	Tommy McCoy - as a boy / Tommy McCoy, as a boy

(see additional cast & crew)

Directors

Richard Thorpe

Writers

George Bruce, George Oppenheimer, Harry Ruskin, Thomas Lennon

Cast

Robert Taylor	Tommy McCoy / 'Killer' McCoy
Edward Arnold	Jim Cain
Frank Morgan	Brian McCoy
Maureen O'Sullivan	Sheila Carson / Sheila 'Shelia' Carson
William Gargan	Johnny Martin
Lionel Stander	'Happy' Lane
Jane Wyman	Vivian Lee / Vivian
Nat Pendleton	'Pug' Walsh
Charles D. Brown	Bill Thorne
Gene Reynolds	Tommy McCoy - as a boy / Tommy McCoy, as a boy
Isabel Jewell	Mrs. Johnny Martin / Mrs. Martin
J. Farrell MacDonald	Father Ryan / Father Patrick Ryan
Donald Douglas	Murray
Maxie Rosenbloom	Maxie Rosenbloom
Patsy Perroni	Patsy Cigones
Don 'Red' Barry	Pete Mariola
Lou Ambers	World's Light-Heavyweight Champion
Henry Andrews	Cigones Second
Hooper Atchley	Doctor at Hospital
King Baggot	Boxing Match Spectator