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