Kirk Douglas as Midge Kelly

Marilyn Maxwell as Grace Diamond

Arthur Kennedy as Connie Kelly

Paul Stewart as Tommy Haley

Ruth Roman as Emma Bryce

Lola Albright as Palmer Harris

Luis van Rooten as Harris

Harry Shannon as Lew

John Daheim as Dunne

Ralph Sanford as Hammond

Esther Howard as Mrs. Kelly

Bill Baldwin as Bill Brown (Ringside Broadcaster) (uncredited)

Sam Balter as Championship Fight Announcer (uncredited)

Don Brodie as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks as Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)

Mushy Callahan as Referee Title Fight (uncredited)

Sayre Dearing as Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)

Paul Dubov as Gangster (uncredited)

Jimmie Dundee as Tough Tramp in Boxcar (uncredited)

Joe Gray as Championship Fight Opponent (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton as Fight Stadium Guard (uncredited)

Mike Lally as Well-Wisher in Nightclub (uncredited)

Hal March as Mobster (uncredited)

George Meader as Fight Doctor (uncredited)

Ralph Montgomery as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)

Forbes Murray as Speaker at Benefit (uncredited)

Tim Ryan as Al (Kansas City Manager) (uncredited)

Court Shepard as Fighter (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock as Dunne's Cornerman (uncredited)

Hilda Simms as Maid (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan as Kansas City Referee (uncredited)

Polly Bergen as Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)