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Unmarried

1939 · 63 min

A gentle, old-fashioned mix of romance and boxing drama, with warm performances and a simple, heartfelt story.

Tagline
Romance was a word in a torch-song to her
Overview
Pals Pat Rogers and Slag Bailey try to collect a debt from Slag's recently deceased boxing promoter but wind up collecting his child, instead, and raising him as their own son.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • found family
  • parenthood
  • love
  • redemption
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour4
Realism6
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
romance, action, drama
Directed by
Kurt Neumann
Written by
Brian Marlow, Lillie Hayward
Starring
Helen Twelvetrees, Buck Jones, Donald O'Connor, Virginia Vale, Buster Crabbe, Robert Armstrong, John Hartley, Edward Pawley
Music
John Leipold
Cinematography
Harry Fischbeck
Runtime
63 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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