The Ring (1952)

Name: The Ring
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1952-09-26
Duration: 79 min
Rating: 5.1
Cast: Gerald Mohr, Rita Moreno, Lalo Rios, Robert Arthur, Robert Osterloh

The Ring (1952), directed by Kurt Neumann, starring Gerald Mohr and Rita Moreno.

09/26/1952 BR Comedy and Drama 1h 19m

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"I was slaughtered to please the croud!"

Synopsis

A young Mexican/American learns about life both inside and out of the ring when he takes up boxing.

Russell HarlanCinematography
Kurt NeumannDirector
Bruce B. PierceEditing
Frank KingProducer

About the film

The Ring is a 1952 American film noir film directed by Kurt Neumann and based on a novel by Irving Shulman. It tells the story of a Mexican-American male who becomes a boxer, believing this kind of achievement will gain him respect among the English-speaking white majority. The film was shot in various locations in early 1950s Los Angeles. The film examines institutionalized bigotry.

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Plot

The film focuses on a young Mexican-American named Tomas Cantanios, who boxed under the pseudonym Tommy Kansas, a resident of Los Angeles's poor Chicano neighborhood. He feels constrained due to his inability to thrive in a white-dominated society. Therefore, to achieve popularity, he becomes a professional boxer, achieving fame and recognition. He soon discovers that Anglos are only drawn to him for his sports reputation and that they still consider him an outsider because of his ancestry and skin color. In fact, the only two white men who treat him decently are his manager Pete and trainer Freddy. However, their tolerant behavior is based primarily on monetary gain. Tommy also is conflicted by his unconditional love for Lucy, the daughter of a punch-drunk bum.

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Production

The Ring is one of the early sports-centered films in Hollywood in which discrimination against Chicanos is presented. Its Mexicano/sports themes can be traced to the 1940s with films like The Girl from Monterrey.

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External links

The Ring at IMDb

The Ring at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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Trivia

It premiered on September 26, 1952, a Friday.
It runs 1h19 — short for a feature film.
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.