The Bermondsey Kid
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The Bermondsey Kid is a 1933 British drama film
directed by Ralph Dawson
and starring Esmond Knight
, Pat Peterson, Ellis Irving
and Ernest Sefton
. A newsboy
enters a boxing
championship where he is matched with a sick friend.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Ralph Dawson
Ralph Dawson
Ralph Dawson was a film editor who also did some acting, directing, and screenwriting...
and starring Esmond Knight
Esmond Knight
Esmond Penington Knight was an English actor.He was an accomplished actor with a career spanning over half a century. For much of his career Esmond Knight was virtually blind...
, Pat Peterson, Ellis Irving
Ellis Irving
Ellis Irving was an Australian film actor who appeared in a number of British films. He was married to the actress Sophie Stewart.-Selected filmography:* The Bermondsey Kid * Murder at Monte Carlo * The Black Mask...
and Ernest Sefton
Ernest Sefton
Ernest Sefton was a British film actor. He was the brother of Violet Loraine.-Selected filmography:* The Bermondsey Kid * Britannia of Billingsgate * Murder at Monte Carlo * The Third Clue * No Limit...
. A newsboy
Newsboy
-Personal nicknames:* "Newsboy", a horse-racing tipster writing in The Daily Mirror* Jeremy Wells, a television personality-Other uses:* Newsvendor model, a demand forecasting model from operations research,...
enters a boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
championship where he is matched with a sick friend.
Cast
- Esmond KnightEsmond KnightEsmond Penington Knight was an English actor.He was an accomplished actor with a career spanning over half a century. For much of his career Esmond Knight was virtually blind...
- Eddie Martin - Ellis IrvingEllis IrvingEllis Irving was an Australian film actor who appeared in a number of British films. He was married to the actress Sophie Stewart.-Selected filmography:* The Bermondsey Kid * Murder at Monte Carlo * The Black Mask...
- Joe Dougherty - Pat Peterson - Mary
- Ernest SeftonErnest SeftonErnest Sefton was a British film actor. He was the brother of Violet Loraine.-Selected filmography:* The Bermondsey Kid * Britannia of Billingsgate * Murder at Monte Carlo * The Third Clue * No Limit...
- Lou Rodman - Clifford McLaglenClifford McLaglenClifford McLaglen was a Stepney, London-born British film actor. He was the brother of several actors including Victor McLaglen, Oscar winner for best actor, The Informer , and nominated for best supporting actor The Quiet Man.The other brothers were Leopold McLaglen, wrestler and inventor of a...
- Bates - Eve GrayEve GrayEve Gray was a British film actress.She was taken to Australia as a child and later had a stage career there. She returned to England in 1924 and within three days of arrival had signed a contract and then made her first appearance on the London stage at Daly's Theatre in Madame Pompadour...
- Toots - Syd CrossleySyd CrossleySyd Crossley was an English film actor. He appeared in 114 films between 1925 and 1942.He was born in London, England and died in Troon, Scotland...
- Porky - Winifred Oughton - Mrs Bodge
- Len HarveyLen HarveyLen Harvey was a boxer born in Stoke Climsland, Cornwall. A great tactician and defensive boxer who boxed at every weight division of his day. He began boxing at the very young age of 12 and boxed to he was 36. He was British champion at three weights, middleweight, light-heavy and heavyweight...
- himself - Henry MasonHenry MasonHenry Mason was one of the co-founders of the American piano manufacturer Mason and Hamlin.He was the son of American church music composer Lowell Mason, and the brother of composer William Mason.-Notes:...
- himself - Val GuestVal GuestVal Guest was a British film director, best known for his science-fiction films for Hammer Film Productions in the 1950s, but who also enjoyed a long, varied and active career in the film industry from the early 1930s up until the early 1980s.-Early life and career:He was born Valmond Maurice...
- minor role