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.
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)
Sydney Pollack
Director
Robert Chartoff
Producer
Irwin Winkler
Dec 31, 2002
Mar 23, 1975
Feb 4, 1945
Mar 20, 2014
Mar 28, 1979
Feb 7, 1958
Dec 4, 1970
Sep 30, 2004
Mar 30, 2006
Jul 25, 1960
Dec 4, 1990
Jan 30, 2004
Dec 8, 2023
Feb 24, 2025
Nov 15, 2024
Aug 21, 2014
Palomar Pictures International
US
ABC Pictures
Palomar Pictures
ABC
Winkler Films
United States
English