Renown Theatre.
"Killer McCoy," M.G.M.'s new Rooney film, coniing tomorrow and Wednesday to the Renown Theatre, in which he gives a performance that will remain in audience memory for some time to come. It si a col'd, clean, precise protrayal, this portrait of young Tommy McCoy, ex-newsboy whobecomes a prizeflghter and accidently a killer in the ring.. It's the story of a boy brought up by a drunken, no-good father, a boy striving to do the right thing but driven to desperate circumstances, who hattles his way up the ladder to sports fame, is made the pawn of a suave gentleman gamhler and in a terrifying climax, takes a terrific beating and almost throws his biggest fight in an endeavour to save his father and the girl he loves.
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Chronicle (Levin), 16 August 1949, Page 3
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129Renown Theatre. Chronicle (Levin), 16 August 1949, Page 3
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