The Fight Never Ends

1948 film by Joe Lerner

The Fight Never Ends is an American film with a crime fighting theme released in 1948. It was directed by Joe Lerner, with a cast that included boxer Joe Louis, Ruby Dee, The Mills Brothers, and Harrel Tillman.[1] It was one of stage star Ruby Dee's first films.[2]

A poster for the film touted it with the slogan "The Brown Bomber Fights His Greatest Fight - Against Crime".[3]

Cast

  • Joe Louis as "The Champ"[4]
  • Ruby Dee as Janey
  • The Mills Brothers
  • Harrel Tillman as Jerry, also known as "The Caper"
  • Gwendolyn Tynes
  • Elwood Smith as Howard "Howie" Robinson
  • William Greaves as Frankie[citation needed]
  • Emmett "Babe" Wallace
  • Milton Woods
  • Gilbert Whyte as Spider
  • William Leftwich as Cricket
  • Roger Furman

References

  1. ^ Staff, America Film Institute; Gevinson, Alan; Institute, American Film; Afi, American Film (August 21, 1997). Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520209640 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Sampson, Henry T. (August 21, 1995). Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810826052 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Wiggins, David Kenneth; Miller, Patrick B. (August 21, 2003). The Unlevel Playing Field: A Documentary History of the African American Experience in Sport. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252028205 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "The Fight Never Ends (1948) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.