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Overview

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Director:

Howard Zieff

Writers:

Gail Parent (written by) &
Andrew Smith (written by)

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Release Date:

22 June 1979 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Sport more

Tagline:

A Glove Story

Plot:

Hillary Kramer, successful Perfume magnate awakes one morning to find that her accountant has robbed her blind and left for South America... more | add synopsis

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win more

User Comments:

It's a Knockout!! more (7 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
Richard Altman ... Tour Guide
Seth Banks ... Newsman
Lindsay Bloom ... Girl In Bed
Earl Boen ... Nose - Kline
Roger Bowen ... Owner Sinthia Cosmetics
Badja Djola ... Heavyweight In Gym (as Badja Medu Djola)
Rory Calhoun ... Fighter In Kid's Camp
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Additional Details

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:12 | Australia:M | Iceland:12 | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-12 | USA:PG (NO. 25680) | Singapore:PG

Company:

First Artists more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Streisand reportedly directed at least one scene in this movie herself (the sequence with both leads fishing and walking in the snow) after director Howard Zieff vetoed them. more

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Hillary and Kid are fighting in the ring at the end of the film, Kid calls Hillary, "Judy". Judy was Barbra Streisand's character's name in the last film that she and Ryan O'Neal did together, What's Up, Doc? (1972). more

Quotes:

Percy: Man, you is the dumbest white guy I know. more

Soundtrack:

The Main Event more


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It's a Knockout!!, 14 January 2002
Author: bifboy69 from Fruitport, Michigan

For everyone who saw "What's Up, Doc?", starring both Miss Streisand and Mister O'Neal, this film is a real dandy. I love the way Babs just keeps talking and is SO high strung throughout the movie (but then again, when isn't she?) The chemistry between the two leads is very real and believable. This film does not set out to give you a huge statement, it is simply meant to make you laugh, have fun and love Babs, and that it certainly will. The end song "The Main Event/Fight" sung by Miss Streisand is a showstopper.

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