

It's the swellest. It's the cream of the silver screen. It's got buckets of tears and a million laughs.
November 1, 1978
1h 48m
EN
Stanley Donen
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



Larry Gelbart, Sheldon Keller
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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

ITC Entertainment
GB
Stanley Donen Films
GB

Warner Bros. Pictures
US