105 minutes
11/1/1978
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")
Rebecca York
as Kitty ("Baxter's Beauties of 1933")
George P. Wilbur
as Tony Norton ("Dynamite Hands")
Clay Hodges
as Sailor Lawson ("Dynamite Hands")
Charles Lane
as Judge / Mr. Pennington
Peter Stader
as Barney Keegle ("Dynamite Hands")
Jimmy Lennon Sr.
as The Announcer ("Dynamite Hands")
Dick Winslow
as Reporter / Tinkle Johnson
Brendan Dillon
as Jury Foreman ("Dynamite Hands")
John Hudkins
as Hood #1 / Mover #2
Bob Herron
as Hood #2 / Mover #1
Denver Mattson
as Sparring Partner ("Dynamite Hands")
Jimmy Nickerson
as Freddie Fox ("Dynamite Hands")
Harvey Parry
as Referee #1 ("Dynamite Hands")
Wally Rose
as Referee #2 ("Dynamite Hands")
Fred Scheiwiller
as Keegle's Manager ("Dynamite Hands")
James J. Casino
as Keegle's Second ("Dynamite Hands")
John McKee
as Timekeeper ("Dynamite Hands")
Gary Stokes
as Timekeeper ("Dynamite Hands")
Garth Thompson
as Irish Goldberg ("Dynamite Hands")
Clifford Happy
as K.O. Brown ("Dynamite Hands")
Terry L. Nichols
as Kid Gale ("Dynamite Hands")
Larry Hayden
as Fighter #4 ("Dynamite Hands")
Patrick Omeirs
as Fighter #5 ("Dynamite Hands")
Michael Rodgers
as Tiger Barnes ("Dynamite Hands")
Tom Morga
as Killer Wales ("Dynamite Hands")
Clarence Beatty
as Zito Prima ("Dynamite Hands")
Charlie Murray
as Fan #1 ("Dynamite Hands")
Evelyn Moriarty
as Fan #2 ("Dynamite Hands")
June McCall
as Fan #3 ("Dynamite Hands")
Jack Slate
as Fan #4 ("Dynamite Hands")
Michael Lansing
as Fan #5 ("Dynamite Hands")
Chuck Hicks
as Hood #3 ("Dynamite Hands")
George Fisher
as Hood #4 ("Dynamite Hands")
Maidie Norman
as Gussie ("Baxter's Beauties of 1933")
Barney Martin
as Motorcycle Cop ("Baxter's Beauties of 1933")
Sebastian Brook
as Fritz ("Baxter's Beauties of 1933")
Jerry von Hoeltke
as .Theater Workman ("Baxter's Beauties of 1933")
Paula Jones
as Chorus Girl ("Baxter's Beauties of 1933")
John Henry
as Chorus Boy ("Baxter's Beauties of 1933")
George Burns
as Himself (uncredited)
Stanley Donen
as Nightclub Emcee / Cab Driver (uncredited)
Peter Eastman
as Jury Member ("Dynamite Hands") (uncredited)