

Drama
Overview
Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through lack of career prospects, goes into boxing.
Top Cast


Tony Curtis
Tony Curtis
Eddie Quaid / Packy Glennon
Tony Curtis
Eddie Quaid / Packy Glennon


Pat Crowley
Pat Crowley
Julie Walsh
Pat Crowley
Julie Walsh


Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine
Bernie Browne
Ernest Borgnine
Bernie Browne


Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly
Jim McBride
Paul Kelly
Jim McBride


Jim Backus
Jim Backus
Pat Quaid
Jim Backus
Pat Quaid


Leigh Snowden
Leigh Snowden
Lorraine Evans
Leigh Snowden
Lorraine Evans


John Daheim
John Daheim
Al Gorski
John Daheim
Al Gorski
Joe Louis
Joe Louis
Himself
Joe Louis
Himself


David Janssen
David Janssen
Jack Lindsay
David Janssen
Jack Lindsay


Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae
Singer
Carmen McRae
Singer
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