The Square Ring

Boxing drama following the lives of 5 different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.

Cast

Jack Warner

as Danny Felton

Robert Beatty

as Jim 'Kid' Curtis

Maxwell Reed

as Rick Martell

Joan Collins

as Frankie

Kay Kendall

as Eve

Bernadette O'Farrell

as Peg Curtis

Bill Owen

as Happy Burns

Sid James

as Adams

George Rose

as Whitey Johnson

Bill Travers

as Rowdie Rawlings

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