"In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize. Among them are a failed actress, a middle-aged sailor, a delusional blonde and a pregnant girl."
Jane Fonda
as Gloria Beatty
Michael Sarrazin
as Robert Syverton
Susannah York
as Alice LeBlanc
Gig Young
as Rocky Gravo
Red Buttons
as Sailor
Bonnie Bedelia
as Ruby Bates
Michael Conrad
as Rollo
Bruce Dern
as James Bates
Al Lewis
as Turkey
Robert Fields
as Joel
Severn Darden
as Cecil
Allyn Ann McLerie
as Shirl
Madge Kennedy
as Mrs. Laydon
Jacquelyn Hyde
as Jackie
Felice Orlandi
as Mario
Art Metrano
as Max
Gail Billings
as Lillian
Lynn Willis
as Coley James
Maxine Greene
as Agnes
Mary Gregory
as Nurse
Robert Dunlap
as College Boy
Paul Mantee
as Jiggs
Tim Herbert
as Doctor
Tom McFadden
as Second Trainer
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
as First Trainer
Ian Abercrombie
as Male Dancer #74 (Uncredited)
Teddy Buckner
as Band Member (Uncredited)
Fritzi Burr
as Nurse (Uncredited)
Minta Durfee
as Marathon Spectator (Uncredited)
Rudy Germane
as Marathon Spectator (uncredited)
Horace McCoy
Novel
James Poe
Screenplay
Sydney Pollack
Director
Theodore B. Sills
Executive Producer
Harry Horner
Production Design
Frank R. McKelvy
Set Decoration
Norval D. Crutcher
Sound Effects Editor
Tom Overton
Sound Designer
Frank McCoy
Makeup Artist
Brandon Kellogg
Sound Recordist
Tex Rudloff
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert Chartoff
Producer
Philip H. Lathrop
Director of Photography
Robert E. Thompson
Fredric Steinkamp
Editor
Irwin Winkler
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Donfeld
Costume Design
Mort Heilig
Production Executive
Johnny Green
Original Music Composer
Art Say
Still Photographer
Carla Hadley
Hairdresser
Joyce Webb
Script Supervisor