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The Wrestler (1974)
Directed by James A. Westman
“Athletes...? Actors...? Assassins...?”
Action, Crime, Drama · 1h 35m
Frank Bass (Ed Asner) is an honest guy trying to make a living in the cut throat world of professional wrestling, and he's gonna make it work - even if he dies trying! But first - he'll have to strong-arm his way through all the mobsters, gamblers, promoters and fight fixers and help his past-his-prime wrestler once again win a championship belt. Features appearances from real-life legendary wrestlers and AWA superstars Verne Gagne, Rick Flair, Superstar Billy Graham, Dusty Rhodes, Dick the Bruiser, Ray Stevens, Dory Funk Jr., Ken Patera, Billy Robinson, Dan Gable, Eddie Graham, Dick Murdoch, Vincent J. McMahon, and more.
Cast
Ed Asner
Frank Bass
Elaine Giftos
Debbie
Verne Gagne
Mike Bullard
Billy Robinson
Billy Taylor
Don Muraco
Don Muraco
Danny Hodge
Dan Hodge
Dick Afflis
The Bruiser
Reginald Lisowski
The Crusher
Crew
- Director
- James A. Westman
- Screenplay
- Eugene Gump
- Director of Photography
- Gil Hubbs
- Original Music Composer
- William Allen Castleman, William Loose
- Producer
- W.R. Frank
Details
- Release date
- 1974-04-28
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America