
The grandest story of the Naughty "Nineties" becomes the gayest picture of the Fighting "Forties!"
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.

Errol Flynn
James J. Corbett

Alexis Smith
Victoria Ware

Jack Carson
Walter Lawrie

Alan Hale
Pat Corbett

John Loder
Carlton De Witt

William Frawley
Billy Delaney

Minor Watson
Buck Ware

Ward Bond
John L. Sullivan

Madeleine Lebeau
Anna Held

Rhys Williams
Harry Watson

Monte Blue
Gambler in "Lucky Guy"

Pat Flaherty
Harry Corbett

Arthur Shields
Father Burke

Dorothy Vaughan
Ma Corbett

Hooper Atchley
(uncredited)