The Pittsburgh Kid
1941 · Jack Townley · 76 min
Billy Conn, The Pittsburgh Kid Himself...in a story of the boxing world. An action plus story of a Pug and his women.
Unable to sign boxer Joe Louis to movie contract, Republic Pictures had to make do with the losers of Louis' heavyweight championship bouts. One of these was Billy Conn, who after being knocked out by Louis in the 13th round awakened to star in the Republic programmer The Pittsburgh Kid. The story finds clean-limned pugilist Conn (playing himself) being managed by pretty Patricia Mallory.
Billy ConnBilly Conn
Jean ParkerPatricia Mallory
Dick PurcellCliff Halliday
Alan BaxterJoe Barton
Veda Ann BorgBarbara Ellison
Jonathan HaleMax Ellison
Ernest WhitmanFeets Johnson
John KellyKnockout Riley
Etta McDanielMagenta
Dick ElliottGarvey
John HarmonMorrie
Robert BarronDevlinHenry ArmstrongSparring PartnerSam BalterRadio announcer (voice)Arthur DonovanReferee
Jean ParkerPatricia MalloryDick PurcellCliff HallidayAlan BaxterJoe BartonVeda Ann BorgBarbara EllisonJonathan HaleMax EllisonErnest WhitmanFeets JohnsonJohn KellyKnockout RileyEtta McDanielMagentaDick ElliottGarveyJohn HarmonMorrieRobert BarronDevlinHenry ArmstrongSparring PartnerSam BalterRadio announcer (voice)Arthur DonovanReferee
