The Main Street Gym, Angel's Flight and "Kiss Me Deadly"

I was kicking back this morning with a hot cup of coffee looking for something good on TV and as I was changing the channel I ran across this scene from the old Main Street Gym in Los Angeles from the Film Noir movie "Kiss Me Deadly"a 1955 movie starring Ralph Meeker as P.I. Mike Hammer. It was short scene but I'm always on the lookout for anything regarding the old gym. The movie itself wasn't much to talk about and I watched only because I thought they might show the gym again. They didn't.

Ralph Meeker (R) at the Main Street Gym from "Kiss me Deadly" (1955)

Also making a brief appearance in the movie was Downtown Los Angeles' famed "Angel's Flight"

"Kiss Me Deadly" on IMDB.com

On The Waterfront

Sometime soon, probably after the holidays, I am going to put together a list of the top ten contenders for my all time favorite boxing movies. Below is a scene from "On The Waterfront" with two all time greats; Rod Steiger and Marlon Brando. Though not considered a Boxing movie in the traditional sense, it has one of the greatest boxing scenes in moviedom and no one ever threw a punch.



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