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)
