Apr 26, 1951
13 min
Full-HD

Day of the Fight (1951)

'Day of the Fight' shows Irish-American middleweight boxer Walter Cartier during the height of his career, on the day of a fight with black middleweight Bobby James, which took place on April 17, 1950.

Category

Documentary

Country

United States of America

Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Vincent Cartier

Self, Walter's twin brother and manager

Walter Cartier

Self

Nat Fleischer

Self, boxing historian

Bobby James

Self, Walter's opponent

Judy Singer

Self, female fan in crowd (uncredited)

Stanley Kubrick

Self (man at ringside with camera) (uncredited)

Alexander Singer

Self

Douglas Edwards

Narrator

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