A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after spending time with weightlifter Joe Santo and gym worker Mary Tate Farnsworth, Craig wants out of the deal. The property negotiations turn ugly, causing a brawl at the gym and a spectacle at a big bodybuilding meet, as Craig learns that it's not easy to turn your back on fair-weather friends.
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A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after spending time with weightlifter Joe Santo and gym worker Mary Tate Farnsworth, Craig wants out of the deal. The property negotiations turn ugly, causing a brawl at the gym and a spectacle at a big bodybuilding meet, as Craig learns that it's not easy to turn your back on fair-weather friends.
Release Date
1976-04-23
Language:
EN
Budget:
$5,000,000.00
Revenue:
$24,854,765.00
Duration:
102 mins
Status:
Released
Genres:
ComedyDrama
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Jeff Bridges ( Craig Blake )
Sally Field ( Mary Tate Farnsworth )
Arnold Schwarzenegger ( Joe Santo )
R.G. Armstrong ( Thor Erickson )
Robert Englund ( Franklin )
Helena Kallianiotes ( Anita )
Roger E. Mosley ( Newton )
Woodrow Parfrey ( Uncle Albert )
Scatman Crothers ( William )
Kathleen Miller ( Dorothy Stephens )
Fannie Flagg ( Amy )
Joanna Cassidy ( Zoe )
Richard Gilliland ( Hal )
Mayf Nutter ( Richard Packman )
Ed Begley Jr. ( Lester )
John David Carson ( Halsey )
Joe Spinell ( Jabo )
Dennis Fimple ( Bubba )
Clifford A. Pellow ( Walter Jr. )
Garry Goodrow ( Moe Zwick )
Bart Carpinelli ( Laverne )
Bob Westmoreland ( Fred Kroop )
Brandy Wilde ( Flower )
Laura Hippe ( Mae Ruth )
John Gilgreen ( Security Officer )
Murray Johnson ( Heavy #1 )
Dennis Burkley ( Heavy #2 )
Autry Pinson ( Heavy #3 )
Martin Hames ( Bartender )
Byron Berline ( Fiddler with Mustache (uncredited) )
Susan Bridges ( Blonde Photographer at Contest (uncredited) )
Samson Burke ( Goliath (uncredited) )
Roger Callard ( Bodybuilder in Blue Shorts (uncredited) )
Paul Chramer ( Man on the Street (uncredited) )
Franco Columbu ( Franco Orsini (uncredited) )
Ed Corney ( Bodybuilder (uncredited) )
Denny Gable ( Bodybuilder (uncredited) )
Sam Ingraffia ( Ron Haber (uncredited) )
Bob Rafelson ( Man on a Sidewalk with Painting (uncredited) )
Robbie Robinson ( Bodybuilder at Contest (uncredited) )