Mister Universe (film)

Mister Universe is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Joseph Lerner and starring Jack Carson, Janis Paige and Vince Edwards.

However he is horrified when he is told to lose a wrestling match and proves simply unable to do so due to his natural honesty.

[1] Variety found the dialogue "weak" but the film "quite funny" with good performances.

Variety noted that the film did not treat the wrestling business "with its phoney grapplers and decisions, and crooked promoters" lightly, but that it probably took it more seriously than the press and sports communities.

[1] Picturegoer wrote "True, much of the fun springs from the mauling of stooges, but the humour is no less effective for being elementary, or rather primitive.