"It's the swellest. It's the cream of the silver screen. It's got buckets of tears and a million laughs."
Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.
George C. Scott
Gloves Malloy / Spats Baxter
Trish Van Devere
Betsy McGuire / Isobel Stuart
Red Buttons
Peanuts / Jinks Murphy
Eli Wallach
Vince Marlow / Pop
Harry Hamlin
Joey Popchik ("Dynamite Hands")
Ann Reinking
Troubles Moran ("Dynamite Hands")
Jocelyn Brando
Mama Popchik / Mrs. Updike
Michael Kidd
"Pop" Popchik ("Dynamite Hands")
Kathleen Beller
Angie Popchik ("Dynamite Hands")
Barry Bostwick
Johnny Danko / Dick Cummings
George C. Scott
Gloves Malloy / Spats Baxter
Trish Van Devere
Betsy McGuire / Isobel Stuart
Red Buttons
Peanuts / Jinks Murphy
Eli Wallach
Vince Marlow / Pop
Harry Hamlin
Joey Popchik ("Dynamite Hands")
Ann Reinking
Troubles Moran ("Dynamite Hands")
Jocelyn Brando
Mama Popchik / Mrs. Updike
Michael Kidd
"Pop" Popchik ("Dynamite Hands")
Kathleen Beller
Angie Popchik ("Dynamite Hands")
Barry Bostwick
Johnny Danko / Dick Cummings
