Gentleman Jim

Released Nov 14, 1942

1h 44m

Action

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26 Reviews

86%

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500+ Ratings

Jim Corbett (Errol Flynn) is a bare-knuckles boxer, who is determined to rise above his station. Jim and his friend, Walter Lowrie (Jack Carson) are befriended by Vicki Ware (Alexis Smith), whose father, Buck Ware (Minor Watson) runs the elegant Olympic Boxing Club. Ware, impressed by Jim, invites the fighter to become a member. Jim grows as a boxer, but when his boasting estranges him from the club, he sets out to prove himself in a match against boxing's reigning champion.

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Mae Tinee

Chicago Tribune

It's all around excellent entertainment and I hope you'll take it in.

Dec 8, 2020

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Thomas M. Pryor

New York Times

Errol Flynn is to the manner drawn as the impeccable Gentleman Jim, and Ward Bond has the richest role of his long and serviceable career as the blustering Sullivan.

Dec 8, 2020

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Irene Thirer

New York Daily News

Gentleman Jim is both dramatic and amusing and will be particularly interesting to those who remember him and to those who would like to know about the first great boxer who relied upon brain and skill to overcome brawn.

Rated: 3/4

Dec 8, 2020

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Errol Flynn is just jim-dandy in this entertaining film.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 9, 2024

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Josephine O'Neill

Daily Telegraph (Australia)

Out of the blithely flctionised life of boxer James J. Corbett, otherwise "Gentleman Jim," Warners have made a robust, back-slapping, exciting movie which contains some of the most exciting fight scenes that ever thrilled the amateur.

Dec 8, 2020

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Bob Wile

Motion Picture Herald (Exhibitors Herald)

An entertaining film as well as a veritable history of prize fighting.

Dec 8, 2020

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Best boxing movie of the 1940's!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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s r

Might be my favorite Flynn movie.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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jean-pol c

My opinion--- Raoul Walsh is definitely a virtuoso and has realized a true masterpiece of the 7th art in every respect, it is an elegant film and wonderfully realized by this great master of the cinema, the film is also the representation and the incarnation of the American dream of the time. This film was also and wonderfully served by the masterful interpretation of Errol Flynn which deploys all his charisma and all the elegance of his character, his ardor and his sympathy splashes the screen of his whole class representing the life of the boxer James J. Corbett, of which Raoul Walsh was inspired. Superb scenes of unforgettable pugilates will also be of a purity. This masterpiece of cinema will forever be eternal for all the wonderful points I have just written, a film to discover or rediscover. In conclusion; For me it's one of the best boxing movies ever made by Hollywood, an unforgettable film both for its realization, its incredibly beautiful interpretation of an unforgettable Errol Flynn.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Good boxing movie, the story of "Gentleman Jim" Corbett, one of the earliest world heavyweight champions under the Marquis of Queensbury rules. Shows very well how Corbett revolutionised the sport. Before it was pretty much a brawl or slugfest. He used his speed to dodge and wear down opponents, and made it more tactical. Reasonably accurate, historically. Some of the sub-plots are thrown in for entertainment value and can be a bit silly at times. Great performance by Errol Flynn in the lead role. Good support from Alexis Smith.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Audience Member

Based on the life of the turn of the Century Irish Boxer, Gentleman Jim Corbett. One of the original boxing stars. His rise to fight John L. Sullivan was probably the first great and highly promoted boxing matches. Errol Flynn claimed that this was one of his favorite films and worked hard to develop his boxing skills. Flynn became a pretty capable boxer for this movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

Terrific! Flynn is great:

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Raoul Walsh

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Errol Flynn

James J. Corbett

Alexis Smith

Victoria Ware

Jack Carson

Walter Lowrie

Alan Hale

Pat Corbett

John Loder

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Synopsis

Jim Corbett (Errol Flynn) is a bare-knuckles boxer, who is determined to rise above his station. Jim and his friend, Walter Lowrie (Jack Carson) are befriended by Vicki Ware (Alexis Smith), whose father, Buck Ware (Minor Watson) runs the elegant Olympic Boxing Club. Ware, impressed by Jim, invites the fighter to become a member. Jim grows as a boxer, but when his boasting estranges him from the club, he sets out to prove himself in a match against boxing's reigning champion.

Director: Raoul Walsh
Screenwriter: Vincent Lawrence, Horace McCoy
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: Warner Brothers/Seven Arts, First National
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 14, 1942, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 8, 2016
Runtime: 1h 44m

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