Golden Boy
“A Famous Play.....Now A Great Picture!”
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 father. When gangsters try to buy a piece of him, he begins to have second thoughts.
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Cast
56 people
Barbara Stanwyck
Lorna Moon
Known for
Double Indemnity
The Lady Eve
Adolphe Menjou
Tom Moody
Known for
Paths of Glory
The Front Page
William Holden
Joe Bonaparte
Known for
Sunset Boulevard
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Lee J. Cobb
Mr. Bonaparte
Known for
12 Angry Men
The Exorcist
Joseph Calleia
Eddie Fuseli
Known for
Touch of Evil
Gilda
Sam Levene
Siggie
Known for
Sweet Smell of Success
The Killers
Edward Brophy
Roxy Lewis
Known for
The Thin Man
Mad Love
Beatrice Blinn
Anna 'Duchess'
Also in
Nothing But Pleasure
Art Trouble
William H. Strauss
Mr. Carp
Also in
So This Is Love
The Shamrock and the Rose
Don Beddoe
Borneo
Known for
The Night of the Hunter
The Best Years of Our Lives
Stanley Andrews
Driscoll, Fight Official
Known for
Superman and the Mole Men
Meet John Doe
Gordon Armitage
Fighter
Also in
Death in Small Doses
Gunpoint
Rouben Mamoulian Director · Lewis Meltzer Screenplay Daniel Taradash Screenplay
United States release September 5, 1939 · Produced in United States
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 5, 1939
Theatrical
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