"Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister."
Edward G. Robinson
as Nick 'Nicky' Donati
Bette Davis
as Louise 'Fluff' Phillips
Humphrey Bogart
as Turkey Morgan
Wayne Morris
as Ward 'Kid Galahad' Guisenberry
Jane Bryan
as Marie Donati
Harry Carey
as Silver Jackson
William Haade
as Chuck McGraw
Soledad Jiménez
as Mrs. Donati
Joe Cunningham
as Joe Taylor
Ben Welden
as Buzz Barett
Joseph Crehan
as Brady
Veda Ann Borg
as The Red Head
Frank Faylen
as Barney
Harland Tucker
as Gunman
Bob Evans
as Sam McGraw
Hank Hankison
as Burke
Bob Nestell
as O'Brien
Jack Kranz
as Denbaugh
George Blake
as Referee
Al Bain
as Boxer (uncredited)
Jack Adair
as Party Guest (uncredited)
William Arnold
as Reporter at Press Conference (uncredited)
Sam Bagley
as Cornerman (uncredited)
Don Barclay
as Drunk in Dressing Room (uncredited)
Curtis Benton
as Announcer (uncredited)
Phil Bloom
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Willie Bloom
William A. Boardway
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Don Brodie
as Reporter in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Harry Burkhardt
as Reporter (uncredited)
Mushy Callahan
James Carlisle
Glen Cavender
as Ringsider - 1st Fight (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
as Title Fight Announcer (uncredited)
Lane Chandler
as Title Fight Knockdown Timekeeper (uncredited)
André Cheron
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Billy Coe
as Title Fight Timekeeper (uncredited)
Irene Coleman
Joyce Compton
as Party Guest on Phone (uncredited)
Bing Conley
Virginia Dabney
Carrie Daumery
as Championship Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Don DeFore
as Ringsider (uncredited)
Don Downen
as Copyboy (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
as Reporter at Banquet (uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston
as Ringside Reporter (uncredited)
Sam Finn
Bess Flowers
as Ringsider - First Fight (uncredited)
Eddie Foster
as Louie (uncredited)
Bud Geary
Joseph Glick
Eddie Graham
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Kit Guard
as Ward's Handler #2 (uncredited)
Robert Haines
Willard Hall
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Kenneth Harlan
John Harron
as Fred (uncredited)
Harry Harvey
Jack Hatfield
Ben Hendricks Jr.
as Handler Carrying Fighter (uncredited)
Al Hill
as Reporter in Dressing Room (uncredited)
Max Hoffman Jr.
Stuart Holmes
as Ringsider - 4th Fight (uncredited)
George Humbert
as Barber (uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley
as Ringsider - 2nd Fight (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
as Final Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Milton Kibbee
Mike Lally
as Party Guest / Reporter (uncredited)
Richard LaMarr
Ethelreda Leopold
Carl M. Leviness
Frank Mayo
Tom McGuire
as Plainclothes Cop (uncredited)
Horace McMahon
Carlyle Moore Jr.
as Bellhop (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
as Title Fight Ringsider (uncredited)
Jack Mower
as Man with Clippings for Fluff (uncredited)
Louis Natheaux
Paul Panzer
as Ringsider - 3rd Fight (uncredited)
Jack Perry
Charles Randolph
as Referee - 2nd Fight (uncredited)
John Rice
John J. Richardson
John Roche
Buddy Roosevelt
Paul Russell
Robert Ryan
as Cop (uncredited)
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
as Ringsider - Title Fight (uncredited)
Harry Semels
as Waiter Restraining McGraw (uncredited)
John Sheehan
John Shelton
Charles Sullivan
as Burke's Handler (uncredited)
Elliott Sullivan
as Photographer in Nightclub (uncredited)
Everett Sullivan
as Police Sgt. Sully (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
as Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
as Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Philip Waldron
Larry Wheat
as Dressing Room Page (uncredited)
Stanhope Wheatcroft
Huey White
as Handler with Message (uncredited)
Jeff York
Michael Curtiz
Director
Francis Wallace
Story
Seton I. Miller
Screenplay
Heinz Roemheld
Original Music Composer
Max Steiner
Tony Gaudio
Director of Photography
George Amy
Editor
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Jack L. Warner
Carl Jules Weyl
Art Direction
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Irving Rapper
Assistant Director
Jack Sullivan
Charles Lang
Sound
Samuel Bischoff
Associate Producer
Russell Saunders
First Assistant Director
Edwin B. DuPar
Special Effects
James Gibbons
Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director
Hugo Friedhofer
Orchestrator
Sanford Green
Additional Music
Stand In
Dialogue Coach
M.K. Jerome
Songs
Lyricist
Jack Scholl