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Killer McCoy

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Tommy McCoy (Mickey Rooney), a young man from the slums of New York City, is a rising lightweight boxing star. His success helps him support his alcoholic father, Brian (James Dunn). Tommy sees the dark side of boxing when he gets involved with gambler Jim Caighn (Brian Donlevy), who intends to rig Tommy's fights. To make matters worse, Tommy falls in love with Jim's daughter, Sheila (Ann Blyth). A big fight is imminent, and Tommy must decide if he will continue to play Jim's treacherous game.

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Josephine O'Neill Daily Telegraph (Australia) Rooney himself (someone has clamped down upon his usual exaggerations) does well. Apr 11, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Strong performances by all that exceeds expectations. The director must have been impressed by Rooney's physique as he had plenty of shirtless scenes. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member In his second film since coming back from war service MGM thought that a remake of the Robert Taylor classic from 1938 The Crowd Roars would be perfectly suited for Mickey Rooney. With a little post war updating it was in fact a perfect film for him now entitled Killer McCoy. Killer McCoy was a good part for Rooney. Sad to say in his next two films he was miscast and MGM dropped him. They should have given more material like Killer McCoy. *from IMDb I watched this because I had only seen one other Mickey Rooney movie, I think he would have been a kick ass leading man had he been a foot taller. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member good kinda boxing pic! Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Tommy McCoy (Mickey Rooney), a young man from the slums of New York City, is a rising lightweight boxing star. His success helps him support his alcoholic father, Brian (James Dunn). Tommy sees the dark side of boxing when he gets involved with gambler Jim Caighn (Brian Donlevy), who intends to rig Tommy's fights. To make matters worse, Tommy falls in love with Jim's daughter, Sheila (Ann Blyth). A big fight is imminent, and Tommy must decide if he will continue to play Jim's treacherous game.
Director
Roy Rowland
Producer
Sam Zimbalist
Screenwriter
Frederick Hazlitt Brennan
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 30, 2016
Runtime
1h 44m