---
title: 'The Crowd Roars (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Thorpe'
released: '1938-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-crowd-roars-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030031/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Crowd Roars (1938)

1938 · 90 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Crowd Roars is a 1938 American sports drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Robert Taylor as a boxer who gets entangled in the seamier side of the sport. It was remade in 1947 as Killer McCoy, featuring Mickey Rooney in the title role. This film was not a remake of the 1932 film of the same name starring James Cagney. The supporting cast for the 1938 version features Edward Arnold, Frank Morgan, Lionel Stander, and Jane Wyman.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Thorpe](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-thorpe)
- **Screenplay:** [Thomas Lennon](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-lennon)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Edward Ward](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-ward)
- **Producer:** [Sam Zimbalist](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-zimbalist)
- **Director of Photography:** [John F. Seitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-f-seitz)
- **Editor:** [Conrad A. Nervig](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-a-nervig)

## Cast

- [Paul Fix](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-fix)
- [Emma Dunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/emma-dunn)
- [Charles D. Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-d-brown)
- [Robert Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-taylor)
- [Don "Red" Barry](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-red-barry)
- [Maureen O'Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/maureen-o-sullivan)
- [Lionel Stander](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-stander)
- [J. Farrell MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-farrell-macdonald)
- [Isabel Jewell](https://cinepixo.com/people/isabel-jewell)
- [Nat Pendleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/nat-pendleton)
- [Don Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-douglas)
- [Horace McMahon](https://cinepixo.com/people/horace-mcmahon)
- [William Gargan](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-gargan)
- [Frank Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-morgan)
- [Maxie Rosenbloom](https://cinepixo.com/people/maxie-rosenbloom)

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