He falls for Mallinson's daughter Dorothy, who wants freedom from her father's controlling ways and to pursue her writing career.

Murphy fights with several real-life boxers on screen, including Chico Vejar, Art Aragon and Cisco Andrade.

[6][7] Andrade later praised Murphy as being "the first actor I ever saw who wasn't afraid of getting hit hard in a prize fight scene.

"[8] In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Milton Esterow wrote: "The prizefighters on the Palace screen are getting thinner.

... Universal-International keeps the leather flying with the aid of a gent named Chico Vejar, who has been in the ring for real.