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.
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GoodWatch score 67September 18, 1953 · 1 h 28 min · Drama
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In the United States, The Joe Louis Story streams on fuboTV, MGM+, Pure Flix, Starz, and IndieFlix, and it is free with ads on The Roku, Hoopla, Plex, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Public Domain Movies, Fawesome, Cineverse, Mometu, Tubi TV, Filmtap, and Amazon MX Player. It also streams in 138 other countries.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 52 (IMDb 5.9).
Yes: the viewing guide lists it for family nights.
Yes, it's an uplifting movie: the title analysis rates it 8 of 10 for hopefulness and 6 for wholesome.
Mostly character-driven: it leans on character depth (8 of 10) and pathos (7 of 10) more than on its plot.
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