The Main Event
5.2
59 reviews
Comedy/Romance
1h 52m
1979
A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring — an idea her...
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A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring — an idea her protégé isn't fond of.
- DirectorHoward Zieff
- Release22 June 1979
- Genre
- Duration1h 52m
- Budget?
- Revenue$44,800,000
- Rate5.259 reviews
- Productions
Barwood Films, Warner Bros. Pictures, First Artists
Cast
Barbra Streisand
Hillary Kramer
Ryan O'Neal
Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon
Paul Sand
David
Whitman Mayo
Percy
Patti D'Arbanville
Donna
Chu Chu Malave
Luis
Richard Lawson
Hector Mantilla
James Gregory
Gough
Lindsay Bloom
Girl In Bed
Earl Boen
Nose - Kline
Roger Bowen
Owner Sinthia Cosmetics
Badja Djola
Heavyweight In Gym
Rory Calhoun
Fighter In Kid's Camp
Sue Casey
Brenda
Alvin Childress
Man In Gym
Kristine DeBell
Lucy
Shay Duffin
Fight Announcer
Murphy Dunne
Mario
Art Evans
Fighter
Ernie Hudson
Killer
David Ketchum
Photographer
Len Lesser
Trainer At Big Bear
Brent Musburger
T. V. Show Host
Harvey Parry
Referee In Long Beach
John Reilly
Alan Crane
Tim Rossovich
Cannibal
Jack Somack
Murry
Darrell Zwerling
Sheldon
Roslyn Kind
Aerobics Class Dancer (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady
Party Guest (uncredited)
Leoda Richards
Party Guest (uncredited)
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