A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.
Cast
James Earl Jones
Jack Jefferson
Jane Alexander
Eleanor
Lou Gilbert
Goldie
Joel Fluellen
Tick
Chester Morris
Pop Weaver
Robert Webber
Dixon
Marlene Warfield
Clara
Hal Holbrook
Cameron
Beah Richards
Mama Tiny
Moses Gunn
Scipio
Larry Pennell
Brady
Marcel Dalio
French Promoter
Manuel Padilla Jr.
Paco
Scatman Crothers
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
R.G. Armstrong
Captain Dan
Rodolfo Acosta
El Jefe
Ernest Anderson
Mrs. Jefferson's Friend (uncredited)
Crew
Martin Ritt
Director
Howard Sackler
Screenplay, Theatre Play
William Reynolds
Editor
Burnett Guffey
Director of Photography
Jerry Ziesmer
Assistant Director
Tim Zinnemann
Assistant Director
Lawrence Turman
Producer
John DeCuir
Production Design
Irene Sharaff
Costume Design
Pat Abbott
Hairstylist
Edwin Butterworth
Makeup Artist
Paul Stanhope Jr.
Makeup Artist
Lionel Newman
Original Music Composer
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Raphael Bretton
Set Decoration
Marvin Weldon
Script Supervisor
Donald McKayle
Choreographer
Jack Martin Smith
Art Direction
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