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Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher

6.2

Released June 30, 2022Runtime 1h 46min

The birth of boxing.

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.

Genres

History

Drama

Production Companies

Production Countries

United Kingdom

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $8,000,000
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

Stream

Videos

Cast

Matt HookingsJem Belcher

Ray WinstoneBill Warr

Jodhi MayMary Belcher

Marton CsokasLord Rushworth

Russell CroweJack Slack

Steven BerkoffWalter

Julian GloverLord Ashford

Lucy MartinGilly Belcher

Stanley MorganTom Belcher

Olivia CheneryLady Abigail

Glen FoxPierce Egan

Ricky ChaplinHenry Pearce

Michael McKellFrank The Bomber

Joe EganBig Joe

Noeleen ComiskeyViolet

Crew

Daniel GrahamDirector

Matt HookingsWriter

Nancy BishopCasting

Nate BolotinExecutive Producer

Michael BreenExecutive Producer

Alastair BurlinghamExecutive Producer

Maxime CottrayExecutive Producer

Catherine D'ArcyExecutive Producer

Maria DentExecutive Producer

Steve DentExecutive Producer

Antoine Dixon-BellotExecutive Producer

Charlie DombekExecutive Producer

Charles DorfmanExecutive Producer

Kęstutis DrazdauskasExecutive Producer

Marc GoldbergExecutive Producer

Peter HampdenExecutive Producer

Chris HardmanProducer

Matt HookingsProducer

Sonja KlausExecutive Producer

Krystian KozlowskiExecutive Producer

Tai LopezExecutive Producer

Norman MerryExecutive Producer

Paul ParkerExecutive Producer

Paul ParkerExecutive Producer

Gary RaskinExecutive Producer

Keith RodgerExecutive Producer

Marlon VogelgesangExecutive Producer

Alexa WaughProducer

Elizabeth WilliamsExecutive Producer

Jeff CummingsEditor

Ben Braham ZiryabDirector of Photography

Chris GillEditor

Charlo DalliProduction Design

Sonja KlausProduction Design

Phil DonaldsonArt Direction

Chris FaganArt Direction

Diana GuneyArt Direction

Donatas PirstelisArt Direction

Joseph WynneArt Direction

Emilija EinoryteSet Decoration

Kate HeffermanSet Decoration

Hayley NebauerCostume Design

Charlotte AmbroseMakeup Artist

Lina GerdauskeMakeup Artist

Lara LicariMakeup Artist

Maria PavlouMakeup Artist

Paul SaundersonOriginal Music Composer

Glenn FreemantleSound

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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 ...