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Top Billed Cast
Tony Curtis Eddie Quaid / Packy Glennon
Pat Crowley Julie Walsh
Ernest Borgnine Bernie Browne
Paul Kelly Jim McBride
Jim Backus Pat Quaid
Leigh Snowden Lorraine Evans
John Daheim Al Gorski
Joe Louis Himself
David Janssen Jack Lindsay
Carmen McRae Singer
John Marley Tommy Dillon
Barney Phillips Dan Selby
Joseph Vitale Tony Adamson
Kay Stewart Mrs. Gorski
Walter Bacon 
Nicky Blair Phil Bloom 
Nan Boardman George Boyce Paul Bradley
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