The champ who killed a man in the ring—and never stopped apologizing.
A documentary film about the life and career of one-time Heavyweight boxing champion of the world Max Baer.
Acting
Baer's raw, unguarded interviews—no PR filter.
Production
Rare archival fight footage from 1930s golden era.
Director
Dick Williams
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Baer's son Max Baer Jr. later played Jethro Bodine on The Beverly Hillbillies—Hollywood's ultimate gentle giant stereotype, perhaps unconsciously channeling his father's complicated legacy.
The 25-minute runtime suggests this was likely made for television syndication or educational distribution, not theatrical release—preserving Baer's story in fragments before his 1959 death.
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