Kid Galahad

After completing his military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter—and takes him under his wing.

Cast

Elvis Presley

as Walter Gulick

Gig Young

as Willy Grogan

Lola Albright

as Dolly Fletcher

Joan Blackman

as Rose Grogan

Charles Bronson

as Lew Nyack

David Lewis

as Otto Danzig

Robert Emhardt

as Maynard

Liam Redmond

as Father Higgins

Judson Pratt

as Howie Zimmerman

Ned Glass

as Max Lieberman

Reviews

Wuchak

_**Elvis travels to the Catskills and becomes a hit boxer**_ An ex-GI (Presley) returns to his rustic home town in upstate New York looking for employment as a mechanic. He's roped into becoming a boxer by a dubious manager-turned-innkeeper (Gig Young) while catching the eye of the man's kid sist...

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