Plot
At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England.
Cast
as Jem Belcher
as Bill Warr
as Mary Belcher
as Lord Rushworth
as Jack Slack
as Walter
as Lord Ashford
as Gilly Belcher
as Tom Belcher
as Lady Abigail
Gallery
Reviews
Matt Hookings isn't very convincing here in this rather sketchy biopic of British boxer Jeb Belcher. On the plus side, it conveys really well the gritty side of life in Victorian Britain where the genteel, ostensibly refined, upper class routinely used the travails of the working class as a source of entertainment. This young lad finds himself trained in the school of hard knocks by Russell Crowe…