

189 minutes
10/14/1979
A young street-tough-turned-boxer struggles to reach the top while finding his romance with an attractive TV reporter is complicated by an incestuous relationship with his mother.

Tom Berenger
as Bobby Fallon

Mitchell Ryan
as Jack Fallon

Kristin Griffith
as Michelle Gordon

Denzel Washington
as Kirk

Suzanne Pleshette
as Kate Fallon

John Cassavetes
as Gus Caputo

Anthony Charnota
as Freddie

Bert Remsen
as Joe Jorgenson

Dolph Sweet
as Thompson

Ji-Tu Cumbuka
as Woody Shaw

Bob Minor
as Walker Lewis

Peter Hobbs
as Sgt. Corrigan

Stack Pierce
as Big Moony

Jack Rader
as Charlie

William Elliott
as Arthur Young

Sam Weisman
as Lou Stevens
Álvaro López
as Munoz
Frank Mugnolo
as Carmine
Mike Arcesi
as Stockwood

Chuck Hicks
as Kingsize

John Hudkins
as Bartender

Walter Olkewicz
as 1st Fat Guy

Gene LeBell
as 2nd Fat Guy
James Brewer
as 1st Cop

Ted White
as 2nd Cop

Felix Shuman
as Gloves Official

Pat Billingsley
as Older Official
Jerome Landfield
as Man in Dressing Room

Eddy Donno
as North Referee
Marques D. Houston
as Raymond North

Nathan Davis
as North Announcer
Ernest Robinson
as North Corner

James Andelin
as Harding

John Roselius
as Soldier Bartlett
Leo Ranieri
as Bartlett Referee
Joe Rodgers
as Reporter
Edward Grennen
as Lewis Announcer
Stan Berg
as Lewis Referee
Charles Warfield
as Curly Anderson
Nathaniel Morgan
as Anderson Referee
Al de Rose
as Anderson Corner

Luca Bercovici
as Bellhop
Van Allen
as Doctor
Bob Smith
as Ringside Reporter
Tony Quintana
as Ringside Reporter
Edwin Jahiel
as Ringside Reporter
Clarence Davidson
as Ringside Reporter
Paul Napier
as TV Producer

Pat Corley
as Madison Square Garden Reporter
Mike Evans
as Fight Reporter

Bill Henderson
as Fight Reporter

Paul Tuerpe
as Fight Reporter