What happens
Midge Kelly and his brother Mitch, drifting toward Los Angeles, accept a ride from a stranger and end up fighting a bout in Kansas City for a small fee. Midge is noticed by a manager named Tommy Haley and begins a boxing career, while Mitch goes to work at a roadside cafe owned by Lou. Their careers, friendships and romances pull them in different directions as Midge's ambition grows. This is an episode of the Screen Guild Theater, first broadcast on October 13, 1949, with Kirk Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell, Ruth Roman and Jimmy Leiden in the leading roles.
Roadside cafe on the coast road near Malibu, Los Angeles, and Kansas City boxing venues
Characters: Midge Kelly, Mitch Kelly, Grace, Connie Kelly, Tommy Haley, Johnny Dunn, Lou, Emma
Listen for: The conversation between Midge and Mitch in the cafe about growing up poor and their father, and Haley's offer to manage Midge
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.