“One Round” Jack Sander (Carl Brisson) is defeated by Australian heavyweight champion Bob Corby (Ian Hunter), whose manager offers to have Jack be Bob’s full-time sparring partner. But oh, Bob— he’s all over Jack’s girlfriend, Mabel (Lillian Hall-Davis), buying her a bracelet and canoodling with her. On their wedding day, Jack starts to believe that Bob is trying to steal his wife. He’s right, so he trains hard to be in contention for the title, wanting to take away the only thing that matters more to boxers than their women. You know how it ends? Mabel decides to leave Bob for Jack, giving him the power in their fight to knock out his former friend.
Yes, Alfred Hitchcock directed and wrote a boxing movie. At the age of 28, this was only his fourth movie, yet he was already demonstrating his unique storytelling skills. Despite his young age, Hitchcock used advanced camera tricks, like the Schüfftan process, to simulate a large audience for the Royal Albert Hall final fight, a technique he would later use in ‘ The Man Who Knew Too Much. The Ring is also significant as Hitchcock’s only “original” film, one not based on a play or book with no other published writers collaborating.
It may also be the first movie where someone gives the finger.
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