Hilda Simms

An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.

When a young stage hopeful is found dead, suspicion falls on her mentor, a successful Broadway producer.

The life and career of Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis, who held the title for 12 years--longer than any other boxer in history--and who had to not only battle opponents inside the ring and racism outside it.

Axel, secretly AWOL from the army, joins a black waterfront worker in his fight against bigotry. Television film for The Philco Television Playhouse later remade as Edge of the City (1957).