There Ain’t No Justice – 1939 | 83 mins | Drama, Sport | B&W

Plot Synopsis

Pen Tennyson at the tender age of 25 was given a modest budget to direct his first feature for Ealing, this is a film that tells the story a young mechanic in desperate need of money drawn into the boxing game by a crooked promoter. When the boxer discovers he is being duped into throwing fights he retaliates by winning a fight he was meant to lose and making a financial windfall for his father, after winning the fight Hanley retires and returns to a steady job. Hanley was taught to box by British Empire champion Bombardier Billy Wells, Wells was also the first man to beat the famous trademark gong for the Rank Organisation. Love interest is supplied by Jill Furse who died at an early age through illness. The film was based around a London neighbourhood and was regarded by critics of the time as ‘A slice of Cockney life’.

Extract© George Perry: Forever Ealing.