A retired boxer tries, with the help of his biographer, to get a grip on his problems with women.
Acting
Buck Adams somehow makes Hugh pathetic and magnetic
Writing
The biographer's questions are the real protagonist
Director
Jack Remy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jack Remy spent two years interviewing retired boxers before filming, and several cast members were non-actors pulled from those sessions.
The film's structure directly mirrors Janet Malcolm's 'The Journalist and the Murderer,' published the same year — both ask who owns a story when one person profits from another's pain.
US
