About this movie
Cast & Crew
Cast
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Carl Brisson
Jack Sander, "Round One"
- Lillian Hall-Davis
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Ian Hunter
Bob Corby, the champion
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Forrester Harvey
Harry, the Traveling Showman of the Ring
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Harry Terry
Barker
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Gordon Harker
George
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Charles Farrell
Second
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Clare Greet
Gypsy
- Tom Helmore
- Minnie Rayner
- Brandy Walker
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Billy Wells
Boxer
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Lilian Hall Davis
Nelly
Directors
- Alfred Hitchcock
Producers
- John Maxwell
Writers
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Alma Reville
- Eliot Stannard
The Ring
Alfred Hitchcock's silent The Ring is a traditional prizefighting melodrama, elevated by the richness of the characterizations and the stylish, Germanic use of the camera. Carl Brisson plays "Round One," a cocky young boxer who matriculates from sideshow bouts to the big time. Round One's marriage to Lilian Hall-Davis goes sour when she throws him over for the champ. During the climactic big fight, Hall-Davis realizes that she's still in love with Round One when she witnesses the brutal beating he's getting. As in Hitchcock's later suspense films, sparks ignite between hero and heroine only when there's an element of danger involved. Alfred Hitchcock collaborated on the script of The Ring with his wife Alma Reville.
Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes
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Geoff Andrew, Time OutArguably the finest of Hitchcock's silent films.
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Variety Staff, Variety
Gordon Harker, on the screen for the first time, nearly steals this one as a hard-boiled cynical trainer.
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Probably the most visually sophisticated of Alfred Hitchcock's silent pictures and certainly one of the best.
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