The Joe Louis Story

About The Joe Louis Story

The life and career of Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis, who held the title for 12 years--longer than any other boxer in history--and who had to not only battle opponents inside the ring and racism outside it.

The Joe Louis Story is a 1953 drama film directed by Robert Gordon. The film is filed under boxer and biography.

Coley Wallace stars as Joe Louis, Hilda Simms as Marva Trotter Louis, Paul Stewart as Tad McGeehan, and James Edwards as Jack 'Chappie' Blackburn. It runs 88 minutes and was released in September 1953.

The screenplay is by Robert Sylvester. It streams on Artiflix, fuboTV, and Great American Pure Flix Amazon Channel in the United States.

Raging Bull, The Fighter, and Cinderella Man make useful companions to The Joe Louis Story.