The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)

6.2/10 88 min Drama Romance

Overview

Champion boxer Jimmy Dolan has cultivated a wholesome image for himself, but he's a boozer and womanizer behind the scenes. Intoxicated at a party, he punches a reporter who threatens to expose his hypocrisy, and accidentally kills him. Dolan panics and skips town, winding up on a farm that serves as a home for disabled children run by kindhearted Peggy. As the cynical Dolan falls for Peggy, he begins to change his ways.

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Jimmy

Loretta Young

Peggy

Aline MacMahon

Auntie

Guy Kibbee

Phlaxer

Lyle Talbot

Doc

Fifi D'Orsay

Budgie

Harold Huber

Reggie Newman

Shirley Grey

Goldie West

George Meeker

Charles Magee

John Wayne

Smith

Arthur Hohl

Herman Malvin

Edward Arnold

Inspector Ennis

Joan Barclay

Well-Wisher

Robert Barrat

Sheriff

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

Sam

Clarence Muse

Masseur

Anne Shirley

Mary Lou

David Durand

George Lewis

Mickey Rooney

Freckles (uncredited)

Sammy Stein

King Cobra

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