
US Release date: 15 October 1949
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 23 December 1950
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Running time: 60 minutes
Director: George Blair
Cast: Robert Rockwell, Barbra Fuller & Audrey Long
Australian Distributor: BEF
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Capitol for two weeks from 1 December 1950 as support to Colorado Territory.
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts’ Victory EX-2
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 95 | 212 |
| EF PPE | 1.90 | 278 |
| Metres Travelled | 532,586 | 80 |
| Average MT | 10,652 | 122 |
| Engagements | 50 | 86 |
| Slots | 57 | 123 |
| Weeks | 7 | 141 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 14.00% | 168 |
| Saturdays | 31 | 44 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 62.00% | 47 |
| Tuesdays | 12 | 161 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 24.00% | 213 |
| First billed | 0 | 263* |
| Second billed | 50 | 11 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 48 |
| Ratio | 96.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 3.64% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 1 |
| Ratio | 2.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -3.39% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 1 |
| Ratio | 2.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.24% |
| Hoyts eng | 34 |
| Ratio | 68.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 2.22% |
| Independent eng | 5 |
| Ratio | 10.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -1.50% |
| Suburban eng | 11 |
| Ratio | 22.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.72% |
Notes: Boxing comedy B-flick benefited from being regular support to Twelve O’Clock High. Low average PPE, but otherwise didn’t stink up the metrics like most perpetual second features.
Alias the Champ engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| St. Kilda | Victory | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 1 | W | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 2 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Fitzroy | Regent | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 2 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 2 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 2 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 2 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| South Yarra | Regent | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 2 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Brunswick | Padua | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 2 | W | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Windsor | New | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 2 | W | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Newmarket | Newmarket | Suburban | 6/01/1951 | 3 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 6/01/1951 | 3 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 3 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Brighton | Centre | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 3 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Elsternwick | Renown | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 3 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 3 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Thornbury | Regent | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 3 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 6/01/1951 | 3 | T | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 6/01/1951 | 3 | T | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Essendon | Plaza | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 3 | T | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 3 | T | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Coburg | Grand | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 3 | W | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 4 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 4 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Camberwell | Broadway | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 4 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 4 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 4 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 4 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 4 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Brunswick | Alhambra | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 4 | T | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 4 | T | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 4 | T | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Footscray | Trocadero | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 4 | W | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 20/01/1951 | 5 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Hartwell | Regal | Suburban | 20/01/1951 | 5 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Canterbury | Maling | Hoyts | 20/01/1951 | 5 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 20/01/1951 | 5 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Malvern | Victory | Hoyts | 20/01/1951 | 5 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| North Fitzroy | Palace | Suburban | 20/01/1951 | 5 | T | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 20/01/1951 | 5 | T | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 27/01/1951 | 6 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 27/01/1951 | 6 | S | 2 | Look for the Silver Lining |
| Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 27/01/1951 | 6 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 27/01/1951 | 6 | T | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 3/02/1951 | 7 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Eltham | Plaza | Suburban | 3/02/1951 | 7 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Prahran | Empress | Hoyts | 3/02/1951 | 7 | T | 2 | Come to the Stable |
| Clifton Hill | Clifton | Suburban | 3/02/1951 | 7 | W | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Box Hill | Rialto | Suburban | 10/02/1951 | 8 | S | 2 | Canadian Pacific |
| Chelsea | Plaza | Independent | 17/03/1951 | 13 | W | 2 | The Sands of Iwo Jima |
| West Coburg | Progress | Independent | 1/09/1951 | 37 | T | 2 | Destination Moon |


