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The 500 Pound Jerk (1973)
Directed by William Kronick
Comedy, Drama, TV Movie · 1h 13m
An advertising man's dream of turning a huge hillbilly into an Olympic weightlifting champion is set back when the hillbilly falls for a Russian gymnast.
Cast
James Franciscus
Gil Davenport
Alex Karras
Hughie Rae Feather
Hope Lange
Karen Walsh
Howard Cosell
Howard Cosell
Victor Spinetti
Martin Bloore
Claudia Butenuth
Natalya
Rick Parsé
Mickey
H
Heinz Viertaler
Lermontov
Ralf Wolter
Glabov
J
John Akii-Bua
John Akii-Bua (uncredited)
H
Heide Rosendahl
Heide Rosendahl (uncredited)
G
Günter Zahn
Günter Zahn (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- William Kronick
- Writer
- James S. Henerson
- Director of Photography
- Herbert Raditschnig
- Editor
- James T. Heckert
- Producer
- Stan Margulies
Details
- Release date
- 1973-01-02
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, TV Movie
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- David L. Wolper Productions