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 buy a piece of him, he begins to have second thoughts.

Barbara Stanwyck
as Lorna Moon

Adolphe Menjou
as Tom Moody

William Holden
as Joe Bonaparte

Lee J. Cobb
as Mr. Bonaparte

Joseph Calleia
as Eddie Fuseli

Sam Levene
as Siggie

Edward Brophy
as Roxy Lewis

Beatrice Blinn
as Anna 'Duchess'

William H. Strauss
as Mr. Carp

Don Beddoe
as Borneo
John Chard
Golden Boy in film form is almost brilliant. Joe Bonaparte is a gifted violinist, but poverty bites hard and he tries his hand at the noble art of pugilism, he proves to be a natural and a career at the top beckons, but does he risk damaging his hands and ending his interest in another noble art?...