Killer McCoy (MOD)

Killer McCoy (MOD)For years Mickey Rooney had portrayed Hollywood's all American teen, but at the age of 27 he was eager to move into grown up dramatic roles. So he laced up the gloves as feisty boxer Tommy McCoy and scored a resounding box office K. O. in the hard hitting Killer McCoy. The story a retelling of 1938's The Crowd Roars traces McCoy's rise from slum kid to lightweight title contender. Along the way, he falls under the sway of a big time gambler (Brian

Jane Wyman won the Best Actress Academy Award for her sensitive portrayal of Belinda

provided by Angie Dickinson as the terrorist's sinuous moll and Neville Brand as his benny-addled henchman

this spirited romp sets reformers

but very weak man in thrall to some very bad

In Java during the darkest days of World War II

Ramon Novarro or any reasonable facsimile

soon to be famed for his role on TV 's The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

Then Dick falls in love with a chorus cutie who shoots a lecherous Broadway producer

Nine-year-old Tommy Woodry has a history of making things up

Jane Thomas (Lana Turner) has everything: beauty

Golden Globe-nominee Wendie Malick (TV 's "Just Shoot Me

World War II has finally ended and England slowly limps back to normal as men come home from the front and families start to reconstruct their lives