Rock Hudson's screen debut: a coal miner who'd rather punch faces than rocks.
An ambitious coal miner is talked into becoming a boxer by his gambler brother.
Acting
Stephen McNally's weaselly gambler brother steals every scene.
Cinematography
Shadow-drenched boxing sequences that punch above their budget.
Director
Joseph Pevney
Jeff Chandler
Coke Mason
Evelyn Keyes
Rose Warren Mason
Stephen McNally
George Mason
Rock Hudson
Tommy 'Speed' O'Keefe
Joyce Holden
'Tiny' Ford - Photographer
Jim Backus
Max Watkins
James Arness
Alex Mallick
George Baxter
Herb Riley
Al Bain
Boxer (uncredited)
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