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
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.