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The Flanagan Boy

Bad Blonde

1953

USA

Reginald Le Borg Director
Hammer Films Production Company
	Lippert Pictures US Distributor

Naive boxer (The Flanagan Boy) runs afoul of his promoter's trophy wife (the Bad Blonde), leading to murder, etc.

Pretty good film, part boxing drama, part British riff on The Postman Always Ring Twice. Tony Wright is a tad too naive, but Sid James is great and steals the film. Quite a satisfying ending, too -- if the rest of the film had been that good, this would be a classic.

-Dave W.


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	Barbara Payton Lorna Vecchi
	Frederick Valk Giuseppe Vecchi
	John Slater Charlie Sullivan
	Sid James Sharkey (as Sidney James)
	Tony Wright Johnny Flanagan
	Marie Burke Mother Vecchi
	Selma Vaz Dias Mrs. Corelli
	Enzo Coticchia Mr. Corelli
	George Woodbridge Inspector
	Laurence Naismith Barker
	Barry Johns Booth Audience Member
	Ian Wilson Booth Audience Member
	Unknown 27119 Booth Audience Member
	Unknown 27119 Len, Booth Audience Member
	Unknown 27119 Booth Audience Member
	Unknown 27119 Booth Audience Member
	Eddie Boyce Booth Audience Member
	Unknown Male 88 Ringer in Booth Audience
	Charles Rayford Booth Audience Member
	Ray Schock Booth Audience Member
	Unknown 27119 Booth Boxer
	Roy Catthouse Booth Boxer
	Tom Clegg Booth Boxer
	Unknown 27119 Flirtatious Booth Audience Member
	Unknown 27119 Booth Timekeeper
	Charles Stevenson Booth Audience Member
	Unknown 27119 Booth Audience Member
	Unknown 27119 News Hawker in Pub
	Jimmy Charters Pub Patron
	Bettina Dickson Barmaid
	Unknown 27119 Pub Patron
	Lindsay Hooper Pub Patron
	Pat Donahue Room Service Waiter
	Rex Garner Waiter
	Fred Machon Clumsy Dancer
	Unknown 27119 Club Singer
	Charles Hammond Club Dancer
	Unknown 27119 Sports Reporter
	Cowley Brown Weigh-In Offical
	Unknown 27119 Weigh-In Official
	Unknown 27119 Boxing Announcer
	Joe Quigley Lou Kossoff
	Jack Sharp Kossov's Second
	Jimmy Davies Kossov's Second
	Ralph Moss Kossov's Second
	Jim Brady Boxing Match Audience
	Billy Wilmot Boxing Match Audience
	Jack Armstrong Boxing Match Audience
	Fred Davis Boxing Match Spectator
	Ernie Priest Boxing Match Spectator
	Joe Bloom Referee
	Unknown 27119 Messenger
	Unknown 27119 Police Sergeant
	Chris Adcock Booth Boxer
	Bob Simmons Booth Boxer
	Unknown 27119 Boxing Hopeful
	John Brooking Barnes (scenes apparently deleted)
	Houses of Parliament Themselves