Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.
George C. Scott
as Gloves Malloy / Spats Baxter
Trish Van Devere
as Betsy McGuire / Isobel Stuart
Red Buttons
as Peanuts / Jinks Murphy
Eli Wallach
as Vince Marlow / Pop
Harry Hamlin
as Joey Popchik ("Dynamite Hands")
Ann Reinking
as Troubles Moran ("Dynamite Hands")
Jocelyn Brando
as Mama Popchik / Mrs. Updike
Michael Kidd
as "Pop" Popchik ("Dynamite Hands")
Kathleen Beller
as Angie Popchik ("Dynamite Hands")
Barry Bostwick
as Johnny Danko / Dick Cummings
Art Carney
as Dr. Blaine / Dr. Bowers
Barbara Harris
as Trixie Lane ("Baxter's Beauties of 1933")
