An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up. One of the all-time great boxing movies. Academy Award Nominations: 6, including Actor--Kirk Douglas, Best Screenplay. Academy Awards: Best Film Editing.

The tragic tale of a hard-bitten prizefighter who rises to the top of his profession but can't erase the scars of his underprivileged youth. In his struggle to get ahead, middleweight champ Midge Kelly ends up ruthlessly using -- and abusing -- everyone close to him: his manager, the various women in his life, and, finally, even his crippled brother.

Additional cast members: John Day (Johnny Dunne); Harry Shannon (Lew Bryce)

Additional music credit: "Never Be It Said" by Dimitri Tiomkin and Goldie Goldmark.

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33

Kirk Douglas: American actor, producer
Marilyn Maxwell: American Actress/Singer
Arthur Kennedy: American Actor
Ruth Roman: American Actress
Paul Stewart: Character Actor/TV Director
Lola Albright: American Actress
Luis Van Rooten: 
John Day: 
Harry Shannon: American Character Actor

Mark Robson: Director/producer/editor

Stanley Kramer: American Producer/Director

Carl Foreman: Screenwriter, BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI

Dimitri Tiomkin: Composer

Harry Gerstad: American Editor