James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Lou Gilbert, Joel Fluellen, Chester Morris, Robert Webber, Marlene Warfield, Hal Holbrook, Beah Richards, Moses Gunn, Larry Pennell, Marcel Dalio, Manuel Padilla Jr., Scatman Crothers, R.G. Armstrong
A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.