Tony Curtis & Ernest Borgnine in "The Square Jungle" (1955)
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- Eddie Quaid (Tony Curtis) is a working guy whose life is far from perfect. His father, Pat Quaid (Jim Backus), is a drunk and Eddie keeps making excuses for his old man and is quite the enabler. Pat Quaid has become a lonely alcoholic since his wife died. Eddie is San Francisco grocery clerk in love with a pretty student, Julie Walsh (Pat Crowley). But one night Julie's father, Mike (Clancy Cooper), declares that the Quaids are not good enough for his daughter. Pat is jailed for a bar fight, and Eddie must raise twenty-five dollars to bail Pat out. Everyone refuses to lend him money, so Eddie enters an amateur boxing match.
Kindly detective Jim McBride (Paul Kelly) brings Pat from jail to witness Eddie win the bout. Pat once boxed under the name Packy Glennon, and encourages Eddie to try to become a champion fighter. Eddie bargains that he will fight as long as Pat quits drinking, and McBride agrees to invest in a trainer in return for a percentage of the winnings. Bernie Browne (Ernest Borgnine), an ex-fighter, agrees to teach him the ropes, initiating a tough training regimen.
Three years later, Eddie, using the name Packy Glennon, prepares to fight Al Gorski (John Daheim, as John Day) in the middleweight world championship. During the fight, Eddie knocks out Al, after which everyone rejoices except Bernie, who worries that Eddie will become as cocky as he did. At the party, Jack Lindsay (David Janssen) and Lorraine Evans (Leigh Snowden) attach themselves to Eddie, basking in his fame. When Julie arrives, she wants to heal their past wounds, but Eddie assumes she is only interested in his celebrity, and shouts that she does not deserve him. After she runs out, Pat reveals that her father recently committed suicide, and Eddie runs after Julie, catching her in the street. He apologizes, but she exhorts him to leave her alone, and later that night, Bernie chastises Eddie by reciting "uneasy is the head that wears the crown."
Soon after, Eddie is training for a re-match with Al when Pat brings Julie back, and after spending the evening together, they kiss, in love again. During the next championship fight, Eddie, who has not trained as hard as Al, is beaten badly. Afterward, Eddie publicly praises Al and agrees to another match. By the day of the fight, both Eddie and Al are in top form. Al quickly takes the lead, but suddenly Eddie snaps back into form and begins beating Al severely, until Al falls, seriously injured. Lorraine follows as Eddie hides out in a motel, and the two drink all night. Pat and McBride find him days later, passed out in his motel bed, and inform him that Al, though brain-damaged, is alive.
Eddie returns to San Francisco but there explains to Julie that he is dead inside. Bernie instructs Pat to bring Eddie to a boxing match the next night. There, Eddie almost refuses to go inside, but finally takes his seat. Before the fight begins, the referee brings out Joe Louis and, to Eddie's shock, Al. Eddie is about to sneak out when Bernie appears beside him and whispers in his ear. When Al then announces that he has forgiven Eddie and invites him into the ring, Eddie slowly joins him and they hug. Eddie recites to the crowd the Talmudic quote Bernie has just whispered to him: "A child comes into the world with hands clenched, wanting everything, and a man leaves it with his hands wide open, wanting nothing." Eddie opens his hands to the crowd, and they rise to their feet in an ovation.
A 1955 American film noir drama sport film directed by Jerry Hopper, produced by Albert Zugsmith, written by George Zuckerman, cinematography by George Robinson, starring Tony Curtis, Pat Crowley, Ernest Borgnine, Paul Kelly, Jim Backus, Lee Snowden, John Daheim, John Marley, Joe Louis, David Janssen, Carmen McRae, Barney Phillips, Joseph Vitale, and Kay Stewart. Former heavyweight champion of the world Joe Louis appears as himself.
Paul Kelly was a child actor from Brooklyn who became one of the country's busiest supporting actors, on stage and screen. Dot Mackaye, a comedic actress in the style of Lucille Ball, was "the toast of the theatrical world." Ray Raymond was a tireless song-and-dance man who traversed the country plying his trade, from Broadway to motion pictures to vaudeville houses. On April 15, 1927, Paul Kelly, a broad-shouldered six-footer, with the build of a light heavyweight boxer, knocked Raymond out cold with a vicious blow to his left eye. Raymond lapsed into a coma and never came out. He died three and a half days later.
This is an overlooked but good early movie, and definitely a boost for Curtis' career. Curtis who was in his salad days, when Curtis was Universal's beefcake star, so there are several shots of him stripped to the waist. Nothing poignant, and everything predictable. Never charmless. Flat, perhaps, but not boring. An early example of the "Rocky" genre, with plucky Curtis flexing his pectorals in this easy-to-swallow, but hard-to-remember, rags-to-riches number.
Tony Curtis and Ernest Borgnine what More could one want 🍿 🎥
🥃👴🏻 DUH I DONT NO.
Dumbo
This was the same year that Ernest Borgnine played Marty (55) and won the best actor Oscar. He's one of my all-time favorites.
Borgnine was always good. Even as a heavy. McHale's Navy tough to take now. Never watched Airwolf.
Loved the show Marty and he won an award for the role as well.
love Ernest Borgnine under rated actor one of the best.
@@scottcumm2819who under rated him? You? he was always top notch..
Wow! Very good boxing movie, as well as a very good Tony Curtis flick! 🎬🎥🎞️📽️🏬 🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊 😀😀😀😀😀
The great Tony Curtis, such a nice actor. God bless him.
Agreed, but he just can't shake😮 that New York accent off enough to play San Francisco boy.😂
Love Tony.Also his daughter Jamie Lee❤
Tony Curtis was a handsome man, Janet Leigh was a gorgeous woman. It was almost impossible that Jamie Lee Curtis could not be pretty at least.
@@alvaropelayo8084 But what a Body
Great cast , great film . Don’t miss this one
Amazing movie with a great cast of actors:Tony Curtis,Ernest Borgnine,Jim Backus,Pat Crowley and David Janssen.
Fantastic Tony Curtis.
THAT WAS A GREAT OLD MOVIE!!!!!
THANK YOU 😘
Ernest Borgnine was one of the best all time. He was in 210 movies and, TV shows.
Those punches look better than in most boxing movies.
All around great movie with an outstanding cast....totally enjoyable to watch.
It is so nice to know that Pat Crowley is still alive and kicking.... Watching from Manila 🇵🇭...
The spiritual aspects of this movie moved me and touched my soul!! Must be getting old and sentimental!!
Mr. Howell as Tony Curtis's father. How cool is that!
Thank you so much for the movie!
Great boxing movie 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿. Enjoyed from the beginning to end. The cast was outstanding. The fight scenes were great. The love story that encompassed not only the girlfriend but also the humanity of man .
1:11:30-man, when father hit son!! Powerful. Authentic fight scenes, impressive all around.
Borgnine was 37 in 1955. He looked 57 years ago his whole life
Hahaha
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@@fastcars77loop89🥃👴🏻 WUT IS U LAUGHIN AT?
Your point
Keep waiting for him to say, "not so hard!"
🥃👴🏻 DATS WUT SHE SAID.
Nothing better in life than a good-hearted mentor ❤
The year I was born , good year for movies and cars 🚗..
SOOO HOW OLD IS U 900?
Totally enjoyable flick ,hard to imagine Anthony as a boxer ,but ,well ,he did it.
I like David janssen's impression of his best Clark Gable
👴🏻🥃 HOO CLARK GABLE ?
I love boxing great movie 🤩
The opening 10 minutes is enough to mark Tony Curtis as a major actor....PS... at the time, his hair style was wanted by EVERY young man in the UK!
You don't say....
This is great !!--did you know,- Tony-Curtis was in the U.S.N.--during W.W.2--he was in Submarines !!-& he was no "Cream-Puff"--
Great movie.Everyone did well.
Nice.
Released December 30th,1955
I see Jim Backus smile and evil is a foot.
Boxing sure has changed from the 50 ies
Jim Backus must of had a very spritited life judging from his many alcho-fueled performances.
Remember it's a mad mad mad mad world?
And pat crowley a very pretty lady
not as good as the "asphalt" or the "blackboard" , but still...a great jungle movie
The Blackboard Jungle was a masterpiece.And the other one wasn't too bad,either:))
Although this is a fictional movie there was a whole lot more sportsmanship and gentlemen back then as shown after Curtis takes the title and the ex champ showed up and congratulates and compliments the new champ. I am sick of all sports today with the overpaid over rated trash talking, egomaniacs, crybabys and excuse makers.
interesting given the cast,but overblown...I don't think they missed a cliche
i would have loved to see ernie playing the cop in sweet smell of success with tony and burt,,,but, ernie thought he did not need anymore bad guy roles
Emile Meyer did o.k. as the cop.
Stoney Curtis ??!!??!! Yyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!
Where's Rock Hudstone and Cary Granite?
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@mdarrenu 😝😝😝😝😝 😆😆😆😆😆 😁😁😁😁😁
@@mdarrenu i seem to recall/missremembering them referring to Rock Hudsons as Rock Hudrock, but looking online, says the called Him Rock Quarry.
@@pressureworks wikipedia says they used Rock Pile/Quarry/Hudstone in different episodes.
where does Joe Louis appear in this film...i haven't seen him yet.
roundhouse, haymakers
wow,,a very young ;'fugitive' 19;52
los subtitulos en español no se ingles por favor
The film was pretty cornball stuff,but it did have a cameo by the great Joe Liouis.So it wasn't a complete loss.
So the movie wasn't a complete loss. I wish I could say the same for you.
@@packerbacker69 grow up.
I watched this film because it had a certain actor I like,namely Ernie Borgnine.He was good in it,as he generally is in any film he's in.But the film isn't all that - just my personal opinion.
NB,as Pedro says further down,Borgnine made Marty in the same yr - now that was a great movie ( one of Borgnine's best ever).
@@richardscanlan3419. I give credit where credit is due. Your last post is a huge improvement over your initial childish post.
@@packerbacker69 you damn with faint praise,but I'll wear it:))
What's cornball about post- WW II America when the economy was booming, women working outside the house, saving money for a second car, family vacation or kiddie braces. Kids had friends, played sports outdoors while some were more studious, others more athletic jocks. A college degree wasn't necessary; there were many good, high-paying jobs for HS grads. Life was easier, less pressured not as complex or complicated as it has become. Richard Scanlan: if you weren't around then, why denigrate the Boomer Generation? You would have been extremely lucky if you had been born or grew up in the 1950s. You don't know what you missed. I feel sorry for you, you're blowing hot air around with no substance. Educate yourself!!! READ ABOUT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS of Boomer -- I'm sure you don't measure up in any shape, form or intellect.
Mr mcgoo in do many movies
38 minutes!! The 1935 Babalonian Talmud socino English edition is pure he'll. Nothing nice about it.
Not even thru the openjng credits and already a comnercial? F that, im out!
Nice attention span
Comnercial hmmn
Habla seria jovencita
Rocky vs Ivan
The millionaire and his wife
A lousy movie about lousy people.
There's two Talmuds. The one from the kingdom of Judah; and the babylonian 1935 so socino English version for the sons of Satan the christ himself names clearly in a 1611 KJV who are imposters who co opted one of the names from the 2 tribes who made up the kingdom of Judah and are out to destroy the 10 lost tribes from the northern kingdom whom the christ came to redeem and save and only them cause they lost their identity. The former western nations are the lost tribes from the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah were never lost. Satan's great lie today, one of many, is that Israelites and Judah are the same. They are not. The 10 lost tribes became all the tribes and clans that became the ethnic groups of all the European nations and the ones that made up the British isles, then went to America, Canada, Australia New Zealand etc. etc. The nation state of Israel is not where the new Jerusalem will be. It will be in America.
Corny movie, don't waste your time.
Tony Curtis got moves like a woman.
Habló serio jovencita
Toney was an awful boxer
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