But he is the hero of Ron Howard’s film “Cinderella Man,” starring Russell Crowe. All four of the Braddock biographies were published within two months of the movie’s release June 3.

is is one of those times. ot only is Cinderella Man Howard’s best movie, it is also his most personal and deeply felt. The true story of James J. Braddock, played with blazing brilliance by ...

Dramatized in Ron Howard’s “Cinderella Man,” the film ... This is how Howard’s movie ends — David slaying Goliath. Yet for the boxer and his manager, it would only be the beginning.