Spirit of Youth is a 1938 boxing film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring then-heavyweight world champion Joe Louis, in a story with similarities to his own real life.
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Plot
A rising boxer is led astray by a woman.
Cast
Joe Louis as Joe Thomas
Clarence Muse as Frankie Walburn
Edna Mae Harris as Mary Bowdin
Mae Turner as Flora Bailey
Cleo Desmond as Nora Thomas
Mantan Moreland as Creighton "Crickie" Fitzgibbons
Jewel Smith as Duke Emerald
Tom Southern as Dr. Bowdin
Jess Lee Brooks as Jeff Thomas (as Jesse Lee Brooks)
Marguerite Whitten as Eleanor Thomas (as Margaret Whitten)
Clarence Brooks as Speedy
The Plantation Choir as Church Choir
The Creole Chorus as The Creole Chorus
The Big Apple Dancers as Dancers