Gentleman Jim (1942)

1942 film by Raoul Walsh

Released

1942

Country

United States

Language

English

Genre

Boxing film

Director

Raoul Walsh

Screenplay

Horace McCoy

Producer

Robert Buckner

Music

Heinz Eric Roemheld

Cinematography

Sidney Hickox

Starring

Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Alan Hale, John Loder, Ward Bond, Madeleine LeBeau, Monte Blue

Running time

105 minutes

Production company

Warner Bros. Entertainment

Distributor

Warner Bros. Entertainment, Netflix

Set in

San Francisco

Gentleman Jim is a 1942 sports drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Errol Flynn as heavyweight boxing champion James J. Corbett (1866–1933). The supporting cast includes Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Alan Hale, William Frawley, and Ward Bond as John L. Sullivan. The movie was based upon Corbett's 1894 autobiography, The Roar of the Crowd. The role was one of Flynn's favorites.

Cast

• Errol Flynn
• Alexis Smith
• Jack Carson
• Alan Hale
• John Loder
• Ward Bond
• Madeleine LeBeau
• Monte Blue
• Creighton Hale
• Carl Harbaugh
• Mike Mazurki
• Leo White
• William Frawley
• Minor Watson
• Arthur Shields
• Fred Kelsey
• James Flavin
• Jean Del Val
• Joseph Crehan
• Mary Gordon
• Pat Flaherty
• Rhys Williams
• Dorothy Vaughan
• Wade Crosby

More films directed by Raoul Walsh

• Glory Alley 1952

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• TMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q1198613 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.