The Champ
- Episode aired Dec 27, 1958
- 30m
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7.8/10
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A washed up boxer (Michael Landon) falls in with a pair of hoodlums.A washed up boxer (Michael Landon) falls in with a pair of hoodlums.A washed up boxer (Michael Landon) falls in with a pair of hoodlums.
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Michael Landon as a kid-- cool watch
I wonder if this episode was really shot in 1958 because Michael Landon looks much smaller in stature than in I Was a Teenage Werewolf shot in 1957 and the pilot for Wanted Dead or Alive shot in 1958 also. It's very cool to watch because if you ever attempted an acting career yourself, it reminds you of where you may have come from because Michael looks like he has not been in Hollywood long, not in his performance, but he looks like a starving young actor, teenager, yet he more than holds his own and is more believable than these more experienced older actors that he is working with. This is the kid form Collingswood, New Jersey, not that I think Landon ever forgot where he came form, but it is interesting to watch him as a kid. He was a scrapper definitely and its endearing to watch, because he is so young and is out there making it happen, just like when he would play characters and dream at the cave he made at the lake across the street from the house he grew up in, in Collingswood.
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- filmgoer249711
- Dec 13, 2021
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- Runtime30 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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