
102 minutes
5/29/1937
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
as Minor Role (uncredited)
William A. Boardway
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Don Brodie
as Reporter in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Harry Burkhardt
as Reporter (uncredited)
Mushy Callahan
as Boxer (uncredited)
James Carlisle
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)

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
as Party Guest (uncredited)

Joyce Compton
as Party Guest on Phone (uncredited)
Bing Conley
as Cornerman (uncredited)

Virginia Dabney
as Party Guest (uncredited)

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
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
as Ringsider - First Fight (uncredited)
Eddie Foster
as Louie (uncredited)

Bud Geary
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Joseph Glick
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Eddie Graham
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Kit Guard
as Ward's Handler #2 (uncredited)
Robert Haines
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Willard Hall
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Kenneth Harlan
as Reporter (uncredited)

John Harron
as Fred (uncredited)

Harry Harvey
as Reporter at Press Conference (uncredited)
Jack Hatfield
as Reporter (uncredited)

Ben Hendricks Jr.
as Handler Carrying Fighter (uncredited)

Al Hill
as Reporter in Dressing Room (uncredited)

Max Hoffman Jr.
as Reporter (uncredited)

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
as Reporter in Dressing Room (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee
as Reporter in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Mike Lally
as Party Guest / Reporter (uncredited)
Richard LaMarr
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold
as Party Guest (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Frank Mayo
as Party Guest (uncredited)

Tom McGuire
as Plainclothes Cop (uncredited)

Horace McMahon
as Reporter at Press Conference (uncredited)

Carlyle Moore Jr.
as Bellhop (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
as Title Fight Ringsider (uncredited)

Jack Mower
as Man with Clippings for Fluff (uncredited)

Louis Natheaux
as Party Guest (uncredited)

Paul Panzer
as Ringsider - 3rd Fight (uncredited)

Jack Perry
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Charles Randolph
as Referee - 2nd Fight (uncredited)
John Rice
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)

John J. Richardson
as Ringsider - 4th Fight (uncredited)

John Roche
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Buddy Roosevelt
as Reporter at Press Conference (uncredited)

Paul Russell
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Robert Ryan
as Cop (uncredited)

Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
as Ringsider - Title Fight (uncredited)

Harry Semels
as Waiter Restraining McGraw (uncredited)

John Sheehan
as Ringside Reporter (uncredited)

John Shelton
as Reporter (uncredited)

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
as Reporter (uncredited)

Larry Wheat
as Dressing Room Page (uncredited)

Stanhope Wheatcroft
as Championship Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Huey White
as Handler with Message (uncredited)

Jeff York
as Reporter (uncredited)