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  • Amos & Andy
    (June 1941; boxing story; copy unavailable)
  • Barry Craig
    "Boxer Doyle's Belt" (1/23/1952)
    "The Judge and the Champ" (10/17/1951)
  • Bill Stern Sports Newsreel
    1945-12-07 with Joe Louis
    1948-04-02 Jack Dempsey
    1948-04-16 Canada Lee
    1948-04-23 Maxie Rosenbloom
  • Boston Blackie
    Boxer's Murder Case (10/18/1947)
  • Box 13
    Double Right Cross (Ep. #15: 11/28/1948)
  • Bright Star
    The Boxer (12/25/1952)
  • Broadway is My Beat
    Lona Hanson & The Fighter (Jan 10, 1950)
  • Call the Police
    "The Crooked Fight" (1940s)
  • Calling All Detectives
    "Title" (Oct 25, 1948) -- #293 A prize fighter hires Jerry
  • Command Performance
    Mar 1, 1942: Joe Louis vs. Buddy Baer fight
    Mar 29, 1942: clips of Joe Louis vs. Abe Simon fight
  • Crime Club
    "Death is a Knockout" (Ep# 29: date)
  • Damon Runyon Theater
    "Bred for Battle" (1949-08-14)
  • Dick Cole
    "Boxing Match"
  • Duffy's Tavern
    With Maxie Rosenbloom (4/13/1951)
  • Easy Aces
    Several episodes involving Cokie as a boxer
  • The Falcon
    "The Case of the Bellicose Boxer" (Jan 21, 1951)
  • Family Theater
    "At 155 pounds" (11/10/1954)
  • Flywheel, Syster & Flywheel
    "One-Round Gombatz" (Ep. #10, 1933)
  • Frank Race
    "The Adventure of the Fourth Round Knockout" (9/11/1949)(#20). When the favorite in a boxing match is knocked out after receiving only a glancing blow, it is assumed that he's taken a dive -- until he dies just minutes afterward and is found to have been poisoned.
  • Fred Allen
    40-01-31 "Mountain Justice," guest Joe Louis
  • Gangbusters
    The Case of the Jersey Butcher Bandits (1/1/1938),
    narrated by James J. Braddock

    The Case of the Double Push (3/20/1950) -- COPY NEEDED
    A patch of weeds, a boxer's biography and a mild, lukewarm bath.
    They're all clues that lead the police to a killer!

  • Halls of Ivy
    "The Fighting Med Student aka Terry Ryan, Boxer or Surgeon" (May 24, 1950)
  • Hancock's Half Hour
    "The Boxing Champion"
  • Hollywood Hotel
    "Kid Galahad (Jun 4, 1937)
  • Hollywood Players
    "Golden Boy" (Oct 8, 1946). With John Garfield.
  • Hollywood Soundstage
    "The Champion" (Feb 28, 1952). With Kirk Douglas.
  • Jack Benny
    1941-01-19 "City for Conquest"
    1945-11-11 Joe Louis as Bodyguard
    1946-04-28 "The Kid From Brooklyn" 1949-05-22 "The Champion And The Set-Up"
    1950-03-19 "The Champion"
  • Joe Palooka
    Series -- circa 1932
  • Lucky Smith (Apr-Jun 1935). Max Baer starred as Det. Lucky Smith in this 13-week serial. Graham McNamee, Ford Bond and x, co-starred.
  • Lum & Abner
    Lum, Boxing Promoter (12/29/1941)
    several others-- to be added
  • Lux Radio Theater
    "Body and Soul" (11/15/1948)
    "Buck Privates" (10/13/1941), starring Abbott & Costello. Lou has a boxing match
    "The Champ" (11/13/1939 & 6/28/42)
    "City For Conquest" (2/9/1942)
    "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" (1/26/1942), Cary Grant, Claude Raines, James Gleason
    "Iz Zat So?" (9/7/36), starring James Cagney
    "Kid Galahad" (12/19/1938)
    "Manhattan Melodrama" (9/9/40) (brief scene at Dempsey-Firpo fight)
  • Movie Preview
    The Kid From Brooklyn (1946)
  • Murder is My Hobby
    "KO Brown" (x/x/1945)
  • NBC Star Playhouse
    "Champion" (1/3/1954) (James Cagney)
  • Nightbeat
    "Gunner's Last Fight"
  • Old Gold Comedy Theater
    "The Milky Way" (Feb 18, 1945) -- adaptation of the Harold Lloyd film.
  • Pat Novak for Hire w/Jack Webb
    "Rory Malone" (3/20/49)
  • Police Headquarters
    Boxing Match Death (1932)
  • Phillip Morris Playhouse
    "Kid Galahad"
    "Golden Boy"
    "Here Comes mr. Jordan"
    "The Iron Man"
  • Red Skelton
    "McPugg's Magic Gloves" (4/22/1951)
    "I Bought a Fighter" (6/11/1952)
    "Cauliflower Fightss Tonight" (6/18/1952)
    Several others with Cauliflower McPugg
  • Richard Diamond
    "Max Farmer, Boxer"
  • Rocky Jordan
    "Count Me Out" (11/11/1948)
  • The Saint
    "Fighter's Contract" (7/23/50)
    "Prize Fighter" (6/11/50)
  • Screen Director's Playhouse
    "The Killers" (1949-06-05)
    "Champion" (3/17/1950)
  • Screen Guild Players
    "Champion" 10/4/49 (Kirk Douglas, Jimmie Lydon)
    "Gentleman Jim" 2/14/44 (Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith)
  • Shell Chateau (Hosted by Al Jolson)
    Guest: Max & buddy Baer (Apr 6, 1935)
    Guest James J. Braddock (Apr 13, 1935)
    Guest: Tony Canzoneri (Jun 1, 1935) Guest: Maxie Rosenbloom (Jun 29,1935)
    Guest: James J. Jeffries (Jul 13,1935)
    "The Champ" (scene w/ W. Beery and Jackie Cooper (Dec 28, 1935)
  • The Thin Man
    "The Passionate Palooka" (Jul 6, 1948)
  • The Third Man (Harry Lime)
    "It's a Knockout" (Dec 21, 1951)
  • US Steel Hour
    "Golden Boy" (Dec 8, 1946)
    "Iz Zat So?" (Jan 25, 1948)
    "The Milky Way" (Mar 26, 1950)
  • The Whisperer
    "The Fight Game" (8/12/51)

    Misc.
  • Murray Woroner's Computer Tournament (1967).
    Fantasy Boxing matches:Heavy and middle Tournaments
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