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Remake by Franco Zeffirelli

For the original film, see The Champ (1931 film). For other uses, see The Champ (disambiguation).

The Champ is a 1979 American neo noirdramasports film directed by Franco Zeffirelli and a remake of the 1931 Academy Award-winning film of the same name directed by King Vidor. It stars Jon Voight as Billy Flynn, a former boxer who attempts to support his son (Ricky Schroder) and reconcile with his ex-wife (Faye Dunaway) by fighting in the ring again.

The film is the last featuring Joan Blondell to be released during her lifetime.

Plot

Ex-boxing champion Billy Flynn lives in the city of Hialeah, Florida, where he is trying to settle down as a horse trainer after giving up his boxing title. A boxer propositions that Billy enter a match with him in the future. Billy shows up at the gym with his son T.J., who calls his father Champ. When he learns the man has not arrived, Billy angrily storms out of the gym, leaving hi Faye Dunawayas Annie!