- HD 1080
- Runtime: 99m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Mark Robson
- Stars: Kirk Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart, Ruth Roman
- keywords: sibling relationship, sports, boxer, film noir, black and white, boxing
- Production_studio: Stanley Kramer Productions, Screen Plays, United Artists
- Slogan: Fighting or loving, he was the... CHAMPION
- The Champion is featured in the top rankings of 1949
- #57 in Top Drama Movies of 1949
An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.