Enjoyable if clichéd '30s Warner Brothers fare about a handsome, cornfed young boxer who eventually appeals to the better nature of a cynical promoter played by Edward G. Robinson. It's predictable stuff ---- you can pinpoint the moment when a spinning newspaper montage will make an appearance -- and the fight scenes often look unconvincingly staged.
Still, it's hard to dislike any film where Robinson and Bogart face each other down in smoky rooms and sweaty gyms, snarling and chomping…