Spirit of Youth is a 1938 boxing film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring then-heavyweight world champion Joe Louis in a story with similarities to his own real life. (According to IMDb, the Spanish title is La vida de Joe Louis, which translates to The Life of Joe Louis.)

A rising boxer is led astray by a woman.

• Joe Louis as Joe Thomas
• Clarence Muse as Frankie Walburn
• Edna Mae Harris as Mary Bowdin
• Mae Turner as Flora Bailey
• Cleo Desmond as Nora Thomas
• Mantan Moreland as Creighton "Crickie" Fitzgibbons
• Jewel Smith as Duke Emerald
• Tom Southern as Dr. Bowdin
• Jess Lee Brooks as Jeff Thomas (as Jesse Lee Brooks)
• Marguerite Whitten as Eleanor Thomas (as Margaret Whitten)
• Clarence Brooks as Speedy
• The Plantation Choir as Church Choir
• The Creole Chorus as The Creole Chorus
• The Big Apple Dancers as Dancers

• Spirit of Youth at IMDb
• Spirit of Youth at the TCM Movie Database