"Victor Le Garrec, a former boxer, runs a gym in Paris while dreaming of finding an aspiring champion who will reach the goals he was never able to achieve."
Jean Gabin
as Victor Le Garrec
Arletty
as Blanche Le Garrec
Roland Lesaffre
as André 'Dédé' Ménard
Marie Daëms
as Corinne
Maria Pia Casilio
as Maria Posi
Ave Ninchi
as Angela Posi
Simone Paris
as Chantal
Marcelle Praince
as Mondaine Lady
Mathilde Casadesus
as Passenger
Maurice Sarfati
as Jojo
Lucien Raimbourg
as Hospital Orderly
Sébastien Ferrer
as Boxer
Jacques Legendre
Reimund Streicher
Roger Michelot
as Coach
Jean Parédès
as Jean-Marc
Folco Lulli
as Angelo Posi
Jean Bellanger
as Passenger (uncredited)
Georges Bever
as Worker (uncredited)
Henri Coutet
as Strong Man (uncredited)
Gil Delamare
as André's Friend (uncredited)
Simone Duhart
as Landlady (uncredited)
Jimmy Perrys
Jean-François Poron
as Spectator (uncredited)
Eugène Stuber
Marcel Carné
Director
Paul Bertrand
Production Design
Maurice Thiriet
Original Music Composer
Jacques Sigurd
Screenplay
Jacques Viot
Novel
Adolphe Charlet
Camera Operator
Pierre Blondy
Assistant Director
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Lou Bonin
André Hoss
Production Manager
Roger Volper
Set Decoration
Christiane Nat
Script Supervisor
Walter Limot
Still Photographer
Madeleine Bagiau
Assistant Editor
Monique Bonnot
André Dumaître
Additional Photography
Antoine Archimbaud
Sound Engineer
Léon Carré
Production Director
Balenciaga
Costume Designer
Boris Karabanoff
Makeup Artist
Jean Paul Ulysse
Nicolas Wilcke
Special Effects Coordinator
Bob Castella
Main Title Theme Composer
Francis Lemarque
Yves Montand
Songs
Dialogue
Roger Hubert
Director of Photography
Henri Rust
Editor
Pierre Bochart
Administration
Robert Dorfmann
Producer