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Over the Top( 1987)

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Some fight for money... Some fight for glory... He's fighting for his son's love.

Overview

Sylvester Stallone stars as hard-luck big-rig trucker Lincoln Hawk and takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the first-place prize money, and the love of the son he abandoned years earlier into the keeping of his rich, ruthless father-in-law.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Sylvester Stallone

      Lincoln Hawk

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      Robert Loggia

      Jason Cutler

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      Susan Blakely

      Christina Hawk

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      Rick Zumwalt

      Bob "Bull" Hurley

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      David Mendenhall

      Michael Cutler/Michael Hawk

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      Chris McCarty

      Tim Salanger

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      Terry Funk

      Ruker

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      Bob Beattie

      Announcer

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      Allan Graf

      Collins

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      Magic Schwarz

      Smasher

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      Bruce Way

      John Grizzly

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      Jimmy Keegan

      Big Boy (Richie)

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      John Braden

      Colonel Davis

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      Tony Munafo

      Tony

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      Randy Raney

      Mad Dog Madison

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      Paul Sullivan

      Carl Adams

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      Jack Wright

      Big Bill Larson

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      Sam Scarber

      Harry Bosco

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      Richie Giachetti

      Landis

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      Michael Fox

      Jim Olson

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      Ross St. Phillip

      McBroom

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      Rose Dursey

      Hospital Clerk

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      Gregory Braendel

      Limo Driver

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by GenerationofSwine

    10
    Written by GenerationofSwine on Thu Jan 12 2023
    I guess someone at Canon sat down and said "You know what, there are not enough movies about arm wrestling out there, we can pin the market on it." And they kind of did, I have never seen a movie about arm wrestling since... or before. In fact, this is the only one. But, it also as a decent soundtrack in an 80s action flick kind of way. And, it tells a good story about a kid trying to re-connect with his father, who is a truck driver... and an arm wrestler. And it manages to do it all in a very entertaining way, given the fact that it's about what a sport that you would think could only b...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    25000000.00

    Revenue

    16057580.00

    Keywords

    • sports
    • bad father-in-law
    • road trip
    • truck driver
    • arm wrestling