Champion
An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.
Kirk Douglas
Midge Kelly
Marilyn Maxwell
Grace Diamond
Arthur Kennedy
Connie Kelly
Paul Stewart
Tommy Haley
Ruth Roman
Emma Bryce
Lola Albright
Palmer Harris
Luis van Rooten
Jerry Harris
Harry Shannon
Lew
John Daheim
Johnny Dunne
Ralph Sanford
Hammond
Esther Howard
Mrs. Kelly
Bill Baldwin
Bill Brown (Ringside Broadcaster) (uncredited)
Sam Balter
Championship Fight Announcer (uncredited)
Don Brodie
Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)
Mushy Callahan
Referee Title Fight (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)
Paul Dubov
Gangster (uncredited)
Jimmie Dundee
Tough Tramp in Boxcar (uncredited)
Joe Gray
Championship Fight Opponent (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Fight Stadium Guard (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Well-Wisher in Nightclub (uncredited)
Hal March
Mobster (uncredited)
George Meader
Fight Doctor (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery
Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Speaker at Benefit (uncredited)
Tim Ryan
Al (Kansas City Manager) (uncredited)
Court Shepard
Fighter (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
Dunne's Cornerman (uncredited)
Hilda Simms
Maid (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Kansas City Referee (uncredited)
Polly Bergen
Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)
Carl Foreman
Screenplay
Mark Robson
Director
Dimitri Tiomkin
Songs
Franz Planer
Director of Photography
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
Clem Beauchamp
Production Manager
Robert Stillman
Associate Producer
Ring Lardner
Original Story
Gertrude Wheeler
Hairstylist
Ivan Volkman
Assistant Director
Edward G. Boyle
Set Decoration
Rudolph Sternad
Production Design
Joe King
Costume Design
Goldie Goldmark
Songs
Harry Gerstad
Editor
Gustaf Norin
Makeup Department Head
Stanley Kramer
Producer
Jean L. Speak
Sound Engineer
Adele Parmenter
Costume Design
Perry Finnerman
Camera Operator
Tom Ouellette
Gaffer
Dave Ragin
Camera Operator