Winner Take All (1932)





Jim Kane, a young boxer, meets and falls for Peggy Harmon, a former nightclub singer, while he is recovering at a New Mexico "health ranch". Peggy needs an additional $600 to pay for her son's medical treatment. To raise the funds, Jim risks his health by taking on a challenging boxing match in Tijuana. Despite his success, he returns to fighting while Peggy stays in the desert. However, while Jim is in the city, he meets Joan, a flirtatious and wealthy blonde woman. Will he be able to see through her before it's too late?


Vintage magazines

Photoplay , July 1932
Photoplay , December 1932

Books with substantial mentioning of Winner Take All

Frederick V. Romano
The Boxing Filmography, American Features, 1920-2003
Jefferson, North Carolina and London, 2004

Homer Dickens
The Films of James Cagney
Secaucus, NJ, 1972