Champion

Fighting or loving, he was the... CHAMPION

An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.

Drama

Kirk Douglas

Marilyn Maxwell

(Grace Diamond)

Arthur Kennedy

Paul Stewart

Ruth Roman

Lola Albright

(Palmer Harris)

Luis van Rooten

Harry Shannon

John Daheim

Ralph Sanford

Esther Howard

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))