Monkey on My Back (1957)
SHOCK by SHOCK...It Jabs Like a Hopped-Up Needle!
1957 · NR · 1h 34m · Drama
Genres: Drama
The painfully true story of welterweight boxing champion Barney Ross is detailed in Monkey on My Back. Cameron Mitchell stars as Ross, whose meteoric ring career is interrupted when he joins the Marines at the outset of WWII.
Director: André de Toth
Writers: Crane Wilbur, Paul Dudley, Anthony Veiller
Cast
Cameron Mitchell as Barney RossDianne Foster as Cathy HollandPaul Richards as Rico, Drug Pusher (as Paul E. Richards)Jack Albertson as Sam PianKathy Garver as NoreenLisa Golm as Barney's MotherBarry Kelley as Big RalphScotty Beckett as Corpsman (uncredited)More like this
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