‘The Champ’: Jon Voight’s Searing Portrait of a Doting Dad

PG | 2 h 2 min | Drama | 1979

An over-the-hill boxer, Billy “The Champ” Flynn (Jon Voight) treasures his 8-year-old son, Timothy Joseph or T.J. (Ricky Schroder), while battling his vices of gambling and drinking.