"An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title."
Myrna Loy
as Belle Mercer
Max Baer
as Steve Morgan
Primo Carnera
as Carnera
Jack Dempsey
as Promoter
Walter Huston
as Edwin J. Bennett ("The Professor")
Otto Kruger
as Willie Ryan
Vince Barnett
as Bugsie
Robert McWade
as Adopted Son
Muriel Evans
as Linda
Jean Howard
as Show Girl
Cora Sue Collins
as Farmer's Daughter (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
as Bar Patron #6 (uncredited)
Matt McHugh
as Professor's Drinking Buddy (uncredited)
W.S. Van Dyke
Director
Frances Marion
Story
John Lee Mahin
Screenplay
John Meehan
Lester White
Director of Photography
Producer
Robert Kern
Editor
