Kirk Douglas
Midge Kelly
Marilyn Maxwell
Grace Diamond
Arthur Kennedy
Connie Kelly
Paul Stewart
Tommy Haley
Ruth Roman
Emma Bryce
Lola Albright
Palmer Harris
Luis van Rooten
Harris
Harry Shannon
Lew
John Daheim
Dunne
Ralph Sanford
Hammond
Esther Howard
Mrs. Kelly
Bill Baldwin
Bill Brown (Ringside Broadcaster) (uncredited)
Sam Balter
Championship Fight Announcer (uncredited)
Don Brodie
Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)
Mushy Callahan
Referee Title Fight (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)
Paul Dubov
Gangster (uncredited)
Jimmie Dundee
Tough Tramp in Boxcar (uncredited)
Joe Gray
Championship Fight Opponent (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Fight Stadium Guard (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Well-Wisher in Nightclub (uncredited)
Hal March
Mobster (uncredited)
George Meader
Fight Doctor (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery
Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Speaker at Benefit (uncredited)
Tim Ryan
Al (Kansas City Manager) (uncredited)
Court Shepard
Fighter (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
Dunne's Cornerman (uncredited)
Hilda Simms
Maid (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Kansas City Referee (uncredited)
Franz Planer
Camera
Director of Photography
Edward G. Boyle
Art
Set Decoration
Carl Foreman
Writing
Screenplay
Stanley Kramer
Production
Producer
Dimitri Tiomkin
Sound
Original Music Composer
Dimitri Tiomkin
Sound
Songs
Rudolph Sternad
Art
Production Design
Harry Gerstad
Editing
Editor
Jean L. Speak
Sound
Sound Engineer
Mark Robson
Directing
Director
Robert Stillman
Production
Associate Producer
Gustaf Norin
Costume & Make-Up
Makeup Department Head
Ring Lardner
Writing
Original Story
Clem Beauchamp
Production
Production Manager
Joe King
Costume & Make-Up
Costume Design
Ivan Volkman
Directing
Assistant Director
Adele Parmenter
Costume & Make-Up
Costume Design
Goldie Goldmark
Sound
Songs
Gertrude Wheeler
Costume & Make-Up
Hairstylist
Perry Finnerman
Camera
Camera Operator
Tom Ouellette
Lighting
Gaffer
Dave Ragin
Camera
Camera Operator