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Ring of Terror

Ring of Terror-- Boxing ring, that is. July 1931, the Chicago Sports Arena was like a hundred other boxing rings across America-- a place where young toughs from reform schools and rotting tenements, willing to sacrifice their blood, could try to rise above the oppression of poverty. But the young men with the boxing gloves only got a small amount of the money; the big payoffs went to the gangsters. Joey McGrath is an up-and-coming young fighter, 23 KOs in 25 fights, and the sports writers have him tagged as the next light-Heavyweight Champ. However, tonight, Joey is having such a bad boxing match that his manager, Barney Jarreau, smells a ""fix."" When Joey is being pummeled by ""Rocky"" Pearson in the 9th round, Barney throws in the towel. Joey collapses. After Joey dies, Barney confronts gangster Acropolis, who was up to something. Fights fall under the jurisdiction of the State Athletic Commission, but when the coroner finds morphine in the dead boxer's body, it becomes a job fo

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  • Originally Aired April 13, 1961
  • Runtime 50 minutes
  • Network ABC (US)
  • On Other Sites IMDB
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Name Type Role
John Mantley Writer
George Garver Guest Star
Harold J. Stone Guest Star
Sailor Vincent Guest Star
S. John Launer Guest Star
John Crawford Guest Star
Richard Karlan Guest Star
Frank Wilcox Guest Star
Viveca Lindfors Guest Star
Vaughn Taylor Guest Star
Walter Burke Guest Star
John Daheim Guest Star
Sheldon Allman Guest Star
Olan Soule Guest Star
Russell Collins Guest Star
Howard Caine Guest Star
Walter Grauman Director