Yes of course this is a remake of the earlier 1937 boxing film Kid Galahad starring Edward G Robinson and Wayne Morris but The Wagons Roll at Night is even a better film than the earlier version. Humphrey Bogart was lucky enough to appear in both films but in my humble opinion it is the natural on screen chemistry between love interests 35 year old Eddie Albert and the then young and beautiful 16 year old Joan Leslie which made this drama film a special and memorable one.
The storyline is the same in both films which is a young and naive farm boy has a god given skill (the original film as a boxer, and the remake as a lion tamer) and he falls in love with his bosses young and beautiful sister while visiting the family farm and they fall madly in love. So the boss has a decision to make does he allow his meal ticket to marry his little sister, or does he deliberately set his young star up for a duel to the death in the ring?
Although the ending in both films is predictable none the less The Wagons Roll at Night is a TCM film classic that must be seen. While you are at it, may I suggest you first watch the original 1937 Kid Galahad to see if you agree that this latter version, The Wagons Roll at Night, has a bit more more depth. Eddie Albert as the young and earnest lion tamer is a more favorable performance than the pugilistic skills of Wayne Morris in the inferior and earlier version Kid Galahad.
I give The Wagons Roll at Night a deserving 8 out 10 rating. I really enjoyed the film even with the predictable ending.
The storyline is the same in both films which is a young and naive farm boy has a god given skill (the original film as a boxer, and the remake as a lion tamer) and he falls in love with his bosses young and beautiful sister while visiting the family farm and they fall madly in love. So the boss has a decision to make does he allow his meal ticket to marry his little sister, or does he deliberately set his young star up for a duel to the death in the ring?
Although the ending in both films is predictable none the less The Wagons Roll at Night is a TCM film classic that must be seen. While you are at it, may I suggest you first watch the original 1937 Kid Galahad to see if you agree that this latter version, The Wagons Roll at Night, has a bit more more depth. Eddie Albert as the young and earnest lion tamer is a more favorable performance than the pugilistic skills of Wayne Morris in the inferior and earlier version Kid Galahad.
I give The Wagons Roll at Night a deserving 8 out 10 rating. I really enjoyed the film even with the predictable ending.