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
Jerry Wade
Jerry Wade
Don Muraco
Don Muraco
Lord James Blears
Lord James Blears
Danny Hodge
Dan Hodge
Joe Scarpello
Joe Scarpello
Dick Afflis
The Bruiser
Dan Gable
Dan Gable
Reginald Lisowski
The Crusher
Virgil Runnels
Dusty Rhodes
Edward McDaniel
Wahoo McDaniel
Mel Jass
Mel Jass
William V. Crouch
Bill Crouch
Marty O'Neil
Marty O'Neill
Joe Dusek
Joe Dusek
Nick Bockwinkel
Nick Bockwinkel
Billy Graham
Superstar Billy Graham
Jay Hyon
Jay Hyon
Sarah Miller
Betty Bullard
H.B. Haggerty
Bartender
Ray Stevens
Ray Stevens
Lawrence Batson
Lawrence Batson
Sammy Menacker
Mobster
Ric Flair
Rick Flair
Dick Murdoch
Dick Murdoch
Greg Gagne
Greg Gagne
Eddie Gossett
Eddie Graham
Harold Sakata
Odd Job
Larry Hennig
Larry Hennig
Wilbur Snyder
Wilbur Snyder
Rodger Kent
Rodger Kent
Bobby Cox
Bobby Cox
Ken Patera
Ken Patera
James Klobuchar
James Klobuchar
Wally Karbo
Wally Karbo
Rod Trongard
Rod Trongard
Dennis Hilgart
Dennis Hilgart
Jim Brunzell
James Brunzell
Horst Hoffman
Horst Hoffman
Fred Marxen
Fred Marxen
Dave Goldson
Dave Goldson
Jack Cornall
Jack Cornall
Vince McMahon Sr.
Vincent McMahon
Crew
James A. Westman
Director
Eugene Gump
Screenplay
Gil Hubbs
Director of Photography
Art Levinson
Assistant Director
Verne Gagne
Executive Producer
W.R. Frank
Producer
Marti Litis
Production Assistant
Peter Smokler
Assistant Camera
Jerry Cash
Makeup Artist
Pat Sullivan
Sound Mixer
William Allen Castleman
Original Music Composer
William Loose
Original Music Composer
Margaret Tary
Script Supervisor
Joel Thingvall
Intern
Melton C. Maxwell
Gaffer
Neal Chastain
Supervising Editor
Recommendations
view all
They Drive by Night
Titanic
Rambo III
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Darkman II: The Return of Durant
The Breakfast Club
American Beauty
Shutter Island
The Return of Swamp Thing
Monkey Business
Scarface
Pierrot le Fou
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
The Collector
Rocky III
Jason X
The Mummy Returns
Oppenheimer
Back to the Future
Black Narcissus