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.
Cast
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)
Ken Waller
Doug Stewart (uncredited)
Jolene Wolff
Mrs. Clyde (uncredited)
Crew
Bob Rafelson
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Charles Gaines
Screenplay, Novel
John F. Link
Editor
Marty Spiro
Assistant Editor
Victor J. Kemper
Director of Photography
Alan Hopkins
Second Assistant Director
Michael Haley
Assistant Director
Harold Schneider
Producer
Toby Carr Rafelson
Production Design
Robert C. Thomas
Camera Operator
Lou Noto
Assistant Camera
Jack Brown
Assistant Camera
Dianne Crittenden
Casting
Barbara Evans
Location Casting
Nancy McArdle
Wardrobe Master
G. Tony Scarano
Costume Supervisor
Bob Westmoreland
Makeup Artist
George Lillie
Scenic Artist
Samuel C. Crutcher
Assistant Sound Editor
Richard Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Don MacDougall
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Barry Thomas
Sound Mixer
Sam F. Shaw
Sound Effects
Michael Galloway
Sound
Byron Berline
Original Music Composer
Bruce Langhorne
Original Music Composer
Dan Carlin Sr.
Music Editor
Robert Gould
Set Decoration
Ed Shanley
Construction Coordinator
Jim Coe
Still Photographer
Louis Race
Assistant Director Trainee
Fred Richter
Key Grip
Paul Pascarella
Graphic Designer
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