let me first say and i do not select this film to watch and but it be schedule on tcm at our movie watching time and my wife and i agree and what the heck and let watch john garfield whom we have not see in quite a while . i be rivet from the first scene to the last . a superb job of not only act garfield and palmer and brook and revere and conrad and et al but a superb job of direct and edit . a magnificent movie and above all other so call boxing movie and include rocky and etc . i felt every anxiety and every pain of charlie davis and mr. garfield character . thank you hollywood for a rare joy . some critic say the movie should not have have a happy end . bull . the best movie ever make have happy ending .