After completing his military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter—and takes him under his wing.
Elvis Presley
as Walter Gulick
Gig Young
as Willy Grogan
Lola Albright
as Dolly Fletcher
Joan Blackman
as Rose Grogan
Charles Bronson
as Lew Nyack
David Lewis
as Otto Danzig
Robert Emhardt
as Maynard
Liam Redmond
as Father Higgins
Judson Pratt
as Howie Zimmerman
Ned Glass
as Max Lieberman
George Mitchell
as Harry Sperling
Roy Roberts
as Jerry Bathgate