99 River Street 1953

     Boxer Ernie Driscoll has lost his heavyweight championship match.  It was a brutal fight and Ernie has a scar above his right eye plus damage to the eye.  He is married to Pauline and she blames him for her lack of social status and their low income.  Ernie is driving a cab for a living and Pauline works at a florist shop.  What Ernie doesn’t know is that Pauline is romantically involved with jewel thief Victor Rawlins.  They are exchanging diamonds for $50,000 cash.  There is a snag in the exchange and the man with the $50,000 doesn’t like to do deals with women involved??
     This is a good movie for one filmed in 1953.  It is in black and white and the people who come up against Ernie don’t know that he is a former boxer.  He can knock them out and do damage to their faces with just a few bare handed punches!!  Pauline really gives him a rough time with constant browbeating and nagging!!  He goes back to his former gym to try to get a fight but his manager says no.  If Ernie fights again, he could lose the sight in his damaged right eye.  Plus, he is not in shape and he has not been working out or training.  Ernie wants to earn more money and this is his reason for wanting a fight.  Maybe this could improve his status and relationship with Pauline?  3 1/2* (I liked this movie)  
   
83 min, Action directed by Phil Karlson and, Frank Faylen,m Peggie Castle, Jay Adler, Jack Lambert, Glenn Langan, Eddy Waller, John Daheim, Ian Wolfe, Peter Leeds, William Tannen.

Note:  Imdb 7.4 out of 10 with 2,363 views, 100% with 5 critics 79% audience with 381 ratings, Amazon 4.3* out of 5* with 49 reviews, Letterboxd 3.6* with 879 votes, eBay.com average rating 4-5* from $18.94 to $34.95.

Special Note:  Filmed on The Lot -1041 N. Formosa Avenue, West Hollywood, California.  Ernie buys a box of candy to give to Pauline.  It is $5 but that would be about $48 in 2019!!  Originally, producer Edward Small wanted Linda Darnell to play the lead in this film.  There is a mistake when Ernies is waiting for Pauline at a bar.  The bartender takes his beer bottle but in the next scene the bottle is in front of Ernie again?  A cop tells Ernie to move his cab from beside a fire plug or he will be ticketed.  The police car is across the street but when Ernie gets into the cab, the police car is right behind him?