Joe Louis was in a picture titled(I think) the Spirit of Youth.
Coley Wallace, who had some success for a while (and beat marciano in the amateurs) played Joe Louis in The Joe Louis Story. Wallace got a lot of publicity when an amateur because he was supposed to look so much like Louis. In the movie the fight scenes are actually real films of Louis and his opponents, and for the between round scenes they used Coley, plus of course the out of the ring story. I thought he did avery good job.
To promote the picture, Joe Louis and Wallace made a brief appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, and Joe said, "He's a much better actor than he is a fighter"!
Tony Galento was in "Wind Across the Everglades", written by Budd Schullberg. (Yes, terap, THAT Bud Schullberg) strange movie starring Burl Ives....not a boxing picture.
Marciano was in a couple of B pictures. played a cop or state policeman in one. as I recall.
Film Trivia
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Did Monte Masters play in any movies?