Overview
Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.
DirectorStanley Donen
ProducersStanley Donen
WritersLarry Gelbart, Sheldon Keller
Top Casts

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
Details
LanguageEnglish
Production companiesITC Entertainment, Stanley Donen Films, Warner Bros. Pictures
Budget6000000
TaglineIt's the swellest. It's the cream of the silver screen. It's got buckets of tears and a million laughs.











