Movie Movie

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

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

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)

David Dockendorf

Sound Mixer

Don Merritt

Boom Operator

James E. Webb

Sound Mixer

Bill Wistrom

Sound Effects Editor

Chris McLaughlin

Boom Operator

Lee Strosnider

Sound Mixer

Michael Kidd

Choreographer

Jerry Trent

Choreographer

Charles Rosher Jr.

Director of Photography

Bruce Surtees

Director of Photography

Martin Starger

Executive Producer

Ralph Burns

Original Music Composer

Jack Fisk

Art Direction

Jerry Wunderlich

Set Decoration

Patricia Norris

Costume Design

Del Acevedo

Makeup Artist

Edwin Butterworth

Makeup Artist

Hazel Catmull

Hairstylist

Michael Germain

Makeup Artist

Renate Leuschner

Hairstylist

Joe McKinney

Makeup Artist

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