THE RING

     Another early Hitchcock work outside the director's familiar suspense milieu, THE RING is nevertheless Hitchcock's second-best silent film next to the seminal THE LODGER.  Its story is a rather trite boxing melodrama (a prizefighter loses his wife's affections to the champ, only to win her back when he takes a pummeling in the ring from his rival), but it's presented in a compelling and well-paced manner.  THE RING's other strengths include well-rounded and appealing leading characters, and a colorful supporting cast of pugilistic palookas.  - JL

Alfred Hitchcock     The Stuff You Gotta Watch

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