Dick Powell and June Allyson made three joint appearances for MGM films while she was under contract to Leo the Lion. The first was in Meet the People, the second was The Reformer and the Redhead and the third was this drama Right Cross.
Powell though married to Allyson and billed first in the credits takes an essentially supporting role as a sportswriter and confidante of aspiring boxer Ricardo Montalban. He kind of likes Allyson in the film but he's a good guy and steps aside for Montalban in the romance department.
What Right Cross does demonstrate is the power of internalized self hate can have on one's soul. Montalban plays a Chicano American who doesn't think he's good enough for the perky and Caucasian Allyson. The surprise for him is that he can't believe that she really does like him a lot and not just because he's a potential champion.
Lionel Barrymore is on hand as Allyson's father in one of his last films for MGM. Right Cross has another distinction, it is the last time that Dick Powell sang on the big screen as he takes a chorus of Alla En El Rancho Grande.
The boxing sequences are nicely and realistically done. But I think Right Cross is more of a romantic film with a boxing background than the other way around.
Powell though married to Allyson and billed first in the credits takes an essentially supporting role as a sportswriter and confidante of aspiring boxer Ricardo Montalban. He kind of likes Allyson in the film but he's a good guy and steps aside for Montalban in the romance department.
What Right Cross does demonstrate is the power of internalized self hate can have on one's soul. Montalban plays a Chicano American who doesn't think he's good enough for the perky and Caucasian Allyson. The surprise for him is that he can't believe that she really does like him a lot and not just because he's a potential champion.
Lionel Barrymore is on hand as Allyson's father in one of his last films for MGM. Right Cross has another distinction, it is the last time that Dick Powell sang on the big screen as he takes a chorus of Alla En El Rancho Grande.
The boxing sequences are nicely and realistically done. But I think Right Cross is more of a romantic film with a boxing background than the other way around.