Cassius Clay / Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali

Angelo Dundee

Ernest Borgnine

Herbert Muhammad

Lloyd Haynes

Dr. Ferdie Pacheco

John Marley

Bill McDonald

Robert Duvall

Mrs. Fairlie

Lucille Benson

Malcolm X

James Earl Jones

Cruikshank

David Huddleston

Sonny Liston

Roger E. Mosley

Bess

Sally Bondi

Payton Jory

Malachi Throne

Hollis

Ben Johnson

Lawyer

Paul Winfield

Joe The Gardener

Teddy Wilson

Belinda Ali

Annazette Chase

Velvet Green

Dina Merrill

Ruby Sanderson

Mira Waters

Cassius Clay aged 18

Chip McAllister

Captain

David Clennon

Himself

Drew Bundini Brown

Young Cassius Clay Jr.

Phillip MacAllister

Cassius Clay Sr.

Arthur Adams

Odessa Clay

Dorothy Meyer

Gardener

Theodore Wilson

Major

Skip Homeier

Sponsor's Wife

Sally Gries

Commission Doctor

Richard Gullage

Sponsor's Wife

Elizabeth Marshall

Rahman Ali

Rahman Ali

Rahman Ali

Rahaman Ali

Howard Bingham

Howard Bingham

Colonel

Richard Venture

Johnson

Stack Pierce

Ronnie

Ben Medina

W. Youngblood Muhammad

W. Youngblood Muhammad

Carrara

Paul Mantee

Ronnie

Ven Medina

Mr. Curtis

George Garro

Bossman Jones

Ernie Wheelwright

Lawyer

George Cooper

Lloyd Wells

Lloyd Wells

`Mr. Harry'

James Gammon

Hooker

Toni Crabtree

Commentator

Don Dunphy

Grocer

Fernand A. Larrieu Jr.

Pat Patterson

Pat Patterson

Suzie Gomez

Nai Bonet

Doctor

Alberto Martin

Gene Kilroy

Gene Kilroy

Reporter

Ray Holland

Harold Conrad

Harold Conrad

Reporter

Walter Olkewicz

TV Reporter (uncredited)

Roy Firestone