7 million.It grossed over four times its production cost of $630,000.It was only Fox""s 2nd film shot on location in NYC - its first was director Henry Hathaway""s spy film/thrillerThe House on 92nd Street (1945)- he first major semi-documentary crime thriller.It was tauted as "skill vs.will" - a pay-per-view charity event in Las Vegas that was the "brainchild" of Dixon o "honor past heavyweight champions, warriors like Rocky Balboa.] (She then told herself: "Girl, you are so hot!") As he waited in his car, Billy prepared cocaine to snort:"That""s it.Jolson was given the lead after Eddie Cantor and George Jessel denied Warners"" offer to play the title role.