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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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