Champion
1949-04-09An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.

An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.

Midge Kelly
Kirk Douglas

Grace Diamond
Marilyn Maxwell

Connie Kelly
Arthur Kennedy

Tommy Haley
Paul Stewart

Emma Bryce
Ruth Roman

Palmer Harris
Lola Albright

Jerry Harris
Luis van Rooten

Lew
Harry Shannon

Johnny Dunne
John Daheim

Hammond
Ralph Sanford

Mrs. Kelly
Esther Howard

Bill Brown (Ringside Broadcaster) (uncredited)
Bill Baldwin
Championship Fight Announcer (uncredited)
Sam Balter

Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Don Brodie
Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Referee Title Fight (uncredited)
Mushy Callahan

Newspaper Reporter at Benefit (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing

Gangster (uncredited)
Paul Dubov
Tough Tramp in Boxcar (uncredited)
Jimmie Dundee
Championship Fight Opponent (uncredited)
Joe Gray
Fight Stadium Guard (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton

Well-Wisher in Nightclub (uncredited)
Mike Lally

Mobster (uncredited)
Hal March

Fight Doctor (uncredited)
George Meader
Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery

Speaker at Benefit (uncredited)
Forbes Murray

Al (Kansas City Manager) (uncredited)
Tim Ryan
Fighter (uncredited)
Court Shepard

Dunne's Cornerman (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock

Maid (uncredited)
Hilda Simms

Kansas City Referee (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan

Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)
Polly Bergen