Golden Boy
Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a fighter -- much to the dismay of his parents. When gangsters try to by a piece of him he begins to have second thoughts.
Rouben Mamoulian
Casts & Crew
Barbara Stanwyck
Adolphe Menjou
William Holden
Lee J. Cobb
Joseph Calleia
Sam Levene
Edward Brophy
Beatrice Blinn
William H. Strauss
Don Beddoe
Stanley Andrews
Gordon Armitage
Earl Askam
Al Bayne
Dora Clement
Irving Cohen
Eddie Coke
Dorothy Comingore
Onest Conley
Sayre Dearing
Eddie Fetherston
Tommy Garland
Mickey Golden
Alfred Grant
Joe Gray
James 'Cannonball' Green
Kit Guard
Sam Hayes
Frank Jenks
Anne Kay
John Kerns
Charles Lane
Al Lang
Ian McEwing
Larry McGrath
Pat McKee
Alex Melesh
Frank Mills
Bruce Mitchell
Roy Moore
Lee Phelps
Charles Randolph
Cyril Ring
Clinton Rosemond
Syd Saylor
Cy Schindell
Charles Sherlock
Robert Sterling
Landers Stevens
Jack Stewart
Charles Sullivan
Harry Tyler
Minerva Urecal
Dave Willock
John Wray
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