The Champ (1979) (MOD)

The Champ (1979) (MOD)The world looks at Billy Flynn and sees a has been who seemingly never was, an ex boxing champion slammed to the mat years ago by booze and gambling. But Billy's son, TJ, sees what the world doesn't. He knows his flawed but loving father is, was and always will be The Champ. The Frances Marion screen story that became 1931's double Academy Awardr winner* The Champ and 1953's The Clown is winningly updated in this heart tugger directed by Franco

gray and haresome one

win a car in a raffle

This fun adventure features the voice talent of Christina Applegate

the legendary Captain Nemo (Academy Award® winner* Jos� Ferrer) pursues a mad scientist (Burgess Meredith) who threatens to destroy Washington unless he's paid a billion dollars in gold

who edited three films for Lewton and directed five

On board were three actors who brought a searing truth to the project: Shirley Knight as Natalie and future stars of The Godfather James Caan and Robert Duvall as the lonely men who bring tenderness and tragedy Natalie's way

Cattle King is also steeped in the cowboy way on the other side of the camera

mystery-solving maniac

and the light up Bat-Signal is a classic sign that trouble's afoot

Only one force can stop this evil: a handful of brave men

and must save a test pilot from seducers and saboteurs

Patricia Neal plays the third side of the family triangle in a moving performance that earned her a Best Actress Oscar® nomination* and marked her triumphant return to the screen after a debilitating series of strokes