Champion 1949

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

Harris

Harry Shannon

Lew

John Daheim

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)

Ivan Volkman

Assistant Director

Mark Robson

Director

Carl Foreman

Screenplay

Ring Lardner

Original Story

Stanley Kramer

Producer

Clem Beauchamp

Production Manager

Robert Stillman

Associate Producer

Rudolph Sternad

Production Design

Edward G. Boyle

Set Decoration

Perry Finnerman

Camera Operator

Dave Ragin

Camera Operator

Franz Planer

Director of Photography

Gertrude Wheeler

Hairstylist

Joe King

Costume Design

Gustaf Norin

Makeup Department Head

Adele Parmenter

Costume Design

Harry Gerstad

Editor

Tom Ouellette

Gaffer

Goldie Goldmark

Songs

Jean L. Speak

Sound Engineer

Dimitri Tiomkin

Original Music Composer, Songs