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

Jerry Harris

Harry Shannon

Lew

John Daheim

Johnny Dunne

Ralph Sanford

Hammond

Esther Howard

Mrs. Kelly

Bill Baldwin

Bill Brown (Ringside Broadcaster) (uncredited)

Don Brodie

Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)

Sayre Dearing

Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)

Paul Dubov

Gangster (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Well-Wisher in Nightclub (uncredited)

Hal March

Mobster (uncredited)

George Meader

Fight Doctor (uncredited)

Forbes Murray

Speaker at Benefit (uncredited)

Tim Ryan

Al (Kansas City Manager) (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock

Dunne's Cornerman (uncredited)

Hilda Simms

Maid (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

Kansas City Referee (uncredited)

Polly Bergen

Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)