Movie Movie

It's the swellest. It's the cream of the silver screen. It's got buckets of tears and a million laughs.

Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.

Comedy

George C. Scott

(Gloves Malloy / Spats Baxter)

Trish Van Devere

(Betsy McGuire / Isobel Stuart)

Red Buttons

(Peanuts / Jinks Murphy)

Eli Wallach

(Vince Marlow / Pop)

Harry Hamlin

(Joey Popchik ("Dynamite Hands"))

Ann Reinking

(Troubles Moran ("Dynamite Hands"))

Jocelyn Brando

(Mama Popchik / Mrs. Updike)

Michael Kidd

("Pop" Popchik ("Dynamite Hands"))

Kathleen Beller

(Angie Popchik ("Dynamite Hands"))

Barry Bostwick

(Johnny Danko / Dick Cummings)

Art Carney

(Dr. Blaine / Dr. Bowers)

Barbara Harris

(Trixie Lane ("Baxter's Beauties of 1933"))

Rebecca York

(Kitty ("Baxter's Beauties of 1933"))

George P. Wilbur

(Tony Norton ("Dynamite Hands"))

Clay Hodges

(Sailor Lawson ("Dynamite Hands"))

Charles Lane

(Judge / Mr. Pennington)

Peter Stader

(Barney Keegle ("Dynamite Hands"))

Jimmy Lennon Sr.

(The Announcer ("Dynamite Hands"))

Dick Winslow

(Reporter / Tinkle Johnson)

Brendan Dillon

(Jury Foreman ("Dynamite Hands"))

John Hudkins

(Hood #1 / Mover #2)

Bob Herron

(Hood #2 / Mover #1)

Denver Mattson

(Sparring Partner ("Dynamite Hands"))

Jimmy Nickerson

(Freddie Fox ("Dynamite Hands"))

Harvey Parry

(Referee #1 ("Dynamite Hands"))

Wally Rose

(Referee #2 ("Dynamite Hands"))

Fred Scheiwiller

(Keegle's Manager ("Dynamite Hands"))

James J. Casino

(Keegle's Second ("Dynamite Hands"))

John McKee

(Timekeeper ("Dynamite Hands"))

Gary Stokes

(Timekeeper ("Dynamite Hands"))

Garth Thompson

(Irish Goldberg ("Dynamite Hands"))

Clifford Happy

(K.O. Brown ("Dynamite Hands"))

Terry L. Nichols

(Kid Gale ("Dynamite Hands"))

Larry Hayden

(Fighter #4 ("Dynamite Hands"))

Patrick Omeirs

(Fighter #5 ("Dynamite Hands"))

Michael Rodgers

(Tiger Barnes ("Dynamite Hands"))

Tom Morga

(Killer Wales ("Dynamite Hands"))

Clarence Beatty

(Zito Prima ("Dynamite Hands"))

Charlie Murray

(Fan #1 ("Dynamite Hands"))

Evelyn Moriarty

(Fan #2 ("Dynamite Hands"))

June McCall

(Fan #3 ("Dynamite Hands"))

Jack Slate

(Fan #4 ("Dynamite Hands"))

Michael Lansing

(Fan #5 ("Dynamite Hands"))

Chuck Hicks

(Hood #3 ("Dynamite Hands"))

George Fisher

(Hood #4 ("Dynamite Hands"))

Maidie Norman

(Gussie ("Baxter's Beauties of 1933"))

Barney Martin

(Motorcycle Cop ("Baxter's Beauties of 1933"))

Sebastian Brook

(Fritz ("Baxter's Beauties of 1933"))

Jerry von Hoeltke

(.Theater Workman ("Baxter's Beauties of 1933"))

Paula Jones

(Chorus Girl ("Baxter's Beauties of 1933"))

John Henry

(Chorus Boy ("Baxter's Beauties of 1933"))

George Burns

(Himself (uncredited))

Stanley Donen

(Nightclub Emcee / Cab Driver (uncredited))

Peter Eastman

(Jury Member ("Dynamite Hands") (uncredited))