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.
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Film Cast:

• Gloria Beatty: Jane Fonda
• Robert Syverton: Michael Sarrazin
• Alice LeBlanc: Susannah York
• Rocky Gravo: Gig Young
• Sailor: Red Buttons
• Ruby Bates: Bonnie Bedelia
• Rollo: Michael Conrad
• James Bates: Bruce Dern
• Turkey: Al Lewis
• Joel: Robert Fields
• Cecil: Severn Darden
• Shirl: Allyn Ann McLerie
• Mrs. Laydon: Madge Kennedy
• Jackie: Jacquelyn Hyde
• Mario: Felice Orlandi
• Max: Art Metrano
• Lillian: Gail Billings
• Coley James: Lynn Willis
• Agnes: Maxine Greene
• Nurse: Mary Gregory
• College Boy: Robert Dunlap
• Jiggs: Paul Mantee
• Doctor: Tim Herbert
• Second Trainer: Tom McFadden
• First Trainer: Noble Chissell

Film Crew:

• Casting: Lynn Stalmaster
• Director of Photography: Philip H. Lathrop
• Director: Sydney Pollack
• Screenplay: James Poe
• Editor: Fredric Steinkamp
• Costume Design: Donfeld
• Producer: Irwin Winkler
• Production Design: Harry Horner
• Producer: Robert Chartoff
• Novel: Horace McCoy
• Original Music Composer: Johnny Green
• Screenplay: Robert E. Thompson
• Set Decoration: Frank R. McKelvy
• Production Executive: Mort Heilig
• Makeup Artist: Frank McCoy
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Tex Rudloff
• Sound Designer: Tom Overton
• Still Photographer: Art Say
• Hairdresser: Carla Hadley
• Sound Effects Editor: Norval D. Crutcher
• Sound Recordist: Brandon Kellogg
• Executive Producer: Theodore B. Sills

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