In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize. Among them are a failed actress, a middle-aged sailor, a delusional blonde and a pregnant girl.
Cast
Jane Fonda
Gloria Beatty
Michael Sarrazin
Robert Syverton
Susannah York
Alice LeBlanc
Gig Young
Rocky Gravo
Red Buttons
Sailor
Bonnie Bedelia
Ruby Bates
Michael Conrad
Rollo
Bruce Dern
James Bates
Al Lewis
Turkey
Robert Fields
Joel
Severn Darden
Cecil
Allyn Ann McLerie
Shirl
Madge Kennedy
Mrs. Laydon
Jacquelyn Hyde
Jackie
Felice Orlandi
Mario
Art Metrano
Max
Gail Billings
Lillian
Lynn Willis
Coley James
Maxine Greene
Agnes
Mary Gregory
Nurse
Robert Dunlap
College Boy
Paul Mantee
Jiggs
Tim Herbert
Doctor
Tom McFadden
Second Trainer
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
First Trainer
Ian Abercrombie
Male Dancer #74 (Uncredited)
Teddy Buckner
Band Member (Uncredited)
Fritzi Burr
Nurse (Uncredited)
Minta Durfee
Marathon Spectator (Uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Marathon Spectator (uncredited)
Crew
Sydney Pollack
Director
James Poe
Screenplay
Robert E. Thompson
Screenplay
Horace McCoy
Novel
Fredric Steinkamp
Editor
Philip H. Lathrop
Director of Photography
Theodore B. Sills
Executive Producer
Robert Chartoff
Producer
Irwin Winkler
Producer
Harry Horner
Production Design
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Donfeld
Costume Design
Carla Hadley
Hairdresser
Frank McCoy
Makeup Artist
Tom Overton
Sound Designer
Norval D. Crutcher
Sound Effects Editor
Tex Rudloff
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Brandon Kellogg
Sound Recordist
Johnny Green
Original Music Composer
Frank R. McKelvy
Set Decoration
Art Say
Still Photographer
Joyce Webb
Script Supervisor
Mort Heilig
Production Executive
