Wrestling Jamboree
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Dennis James
Jim Londos
Primo Canera
Gene "mr. America" Stanlee
Antonio Rocca
Benito Gardini
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Television wrestling announcer Dennis James first narrates a brief history of wrestling in the twentieth century, then a series of bouts between popular wrestlers of the era: Gene "Mr. America" Stanlee fights a Russian wrestler; Benito Gardini fights Argentine Antonio Rocca; Primo Canera is defeated by Greek Jim Londos; and Native American Don Eagle fights German Frederick Von Schack.
Cast
Dennis James
Jim Londos
Primo Canera
Gene "mr. America" Stanlee
Antonio Rocca
Benito Gardini
Don Eagle
Frederick Von Schack
Kola Kwariani
Strangler Lewis
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The film was copyrighted in 1950 under the title Wrestling Jamboree, but no release date or reviews have been located for the film prior to 1953 when it was reviewed by The Exhibitor as The Fall Guys and listed in the Motion Picture Almanac as Fall Guys. Copyright records indicate that the film was shot on February 3, 1950 in a Chicago, IL stadium. Publicity information within the file states that it was the first complete wrestling program to be presented on screen. NYSA records from 1953 list the film's title as Wrestling Jamboree (A Saga of the Fall Guys). According to the Motion Picture Almanac, the film ran 53 minutes, but the The Exhibitor review listed a running time of 47 minutes.
