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I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Blistering performances.

Fight promotor Nick Donati(Edward G. Robinson) asked for a bellhop to mix and serve drinks for his hotel party, after his fighter, Jim, lost to Chuck McGraw, a champion fighter for rival promotor Turkey Morgan( Humphrey Bogart). The bellhop: Ward Guisenberry(Wayne Morris) was inexperienced at mixing drinks, thus Nick's mistress Fluff(Bette Davis) helped him. Turkey and McGraw arrived at the party. Turkey was jealous of all the attention the girls gave to the tall and handsome Ward. He cut Ward's uniform off below the knees and said that made him look even cuter. Then, McGraw insulted Fluff. Ward floored McGraw with a punch. Both Nick and Turkey are impressed. Said he used to belong to a boxing club...... Nick offers Ward a small purse for an informal bout with McGraw. Reluctantly, be accepts, even after Fluff points out the probable disadvantages. He wants to win enough money to by a farm. Ward wins the fight. Of course, eventually there's a title fight between Kid Galahad(Ward's professional name) and McGraw, the Kid being about a decade younger. The fight is complicated by the fact that both Nick and Turkey have placed heavy bets on McGraw winning, Nick having told the Kid to hold off KOing McGraw. But after Fluff and the Kid's girlfriend( Maria, Nick's sister) complain about the beating the Kid is taking, Nick changes his instructions to the kid, McGraw is knocked out, and the kid retires from boxing..... Maria and Ward have established a romantic relationship, which Nick is angry about, but finally gives his blessing. There follows a final gangland-style confrontation between Nick and Turkey. I won't tell you the result. ....... Along with Morris(Ward), the 3 established stars pretty-much own this film. Eddie is at his charismatic best, as is Bette: still young enough to be considered beautiful. Bogie is less featured, being characterized as somewhat more sinister than Nick.

Meet the pugilist who packs the perfect punch.... Boxing and gangsters.... Gangsters and boxing.... You know, I really wonder how often that this particular scenario was used as a film's story-line back in the 1930's.... I'll bet you that it was probably more common than we realize.Anyway - I seem to be in a pretty good mood today - And because of that I'm actually going to give 1937's "Kid Galahad" a 6-star rating.... Yeah. I'm in such a good mood that even though I strongly dislike actress Bette Davis (I really do) - In this particular picture about boxing and gangsters, I actually didn't mind her presence so much (for a change).And, even though Kid Galahad's story about gangsters and boxing was clearly on the predictable and, yes, corny side - And the inevitable elements of revenge and double-cross soon became the sole focus of the action - This picture about boxing and gangsters and gangsters and boxing was OK, in my books.

I admired Edward G. Robinson's acting when he was in films other than the standard gangster stories. Although this one does have some ties to gangsters (after all the boxing game wasn't any too clean back in the day), several aspects of this film put it a step above most boxing pictures.First, this film has heart. Not the gritty heart you might expect in a boxing film (although that is here, too), but the heart one feels seeing Robinson with his mother on the farm. From Florida to New York to White Plains, this film has a broader scope than most from the mid-1930s.Second, the fight scenes are relatively realistic. In the big fight toward the end of the film, watch for the rope burns on the hero's back.Third, while a cut above most films of the genre, this is still a morality play -- good versus evil.Fourth, the acting here is quite good. This is one of Edward G. Robinson's best pictures, from my perspective. He treads the fine line between good brother and son, and slightly dirty fight promoter very well. Despite some dirty dealings, you are able to maintain a liking of his character...until the close of the picture. Bette Davis is very good here, as well. She is treading a fine line as well -- in love with two men, and her depiction of the triangle is quite good. Humphrey Bogart is pretty dapper and quite handsome here, but make no mistake, for this story he's the real bad guy. Wayne Morris -- never high on my list of supporting actors -- plays the boxer who just wants to buy a farm just perfectly. And, he really looks as if he could be a boxer. Though it's not a large part, one of my very favorite character actors is here -- Harry Carey, as the cut man and trainer.As the film progresses, it's clear someone is going to die at the climax. Will it be Kid Galahad who dies in the ring? Will it be Edward G. Robinson who has walked the tightrope between honesty and evil? Will it be Humphrey Bogart who is the film's real bad guy.The choice of the closing scene is an interesting one.This is probably one for the DVD shelf.

The reason I was disappointed is that I'd seen it maybe ten years ago. And loved it. I thought it was superb, gripping, heartbreaking. Maybe that's how it does come across the first time one sees it.This time it was pretty routine. Bette Davis, improbably nicknamed Fluff in the movie, is fine. Edward G. Robinson, an excellent actor, does a good job. Wayne Morris is immensely likable.Morris plays the title character -- a bellboy discovered by fight-promoter Robinson at a party in a hotel. He has a fresh, innocent quality. He's also believable as a fighter. What happens is sad, though the Jane Bryan part is a little sugary. Not to say I don't like her. She could be an excellent actress.Morris went on to play in some very uninspired movies at Warner Brothers soon after this. He sounds like a most admirable human being but he didn't have a lot of charisma on screen. But here, early in his career, he is playing an honorable innocent. And he does a superb job.