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Cast
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| Dirk Benedict | ... | M. Harry Smilac | |
| Tanya Roberts | ... | Candace Vandervagen | |
| Roddy Piper | ... | Quick Rick Roberts | |
| Lou Albano | ... | Captain Lou Murano | |
| Barry Gordon | ... | Sheldon Brockmeister | |
| Charles Nelson Reilly | ... | Vic Carson | |
| Billy Barty | ... | Tim McClusky | |
| John Astin | ... | Scotty | |
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Sam Fatu | ... | Tonga Tom (as The Tonga Kid - Sam Fatu) |
| Dani Crayne | ... | Bitsy Vandervagen (as Dani Janssen) | |
| Sydney Lassick | ... | Shapiro | |
| John Fujioka | ... | Mr. Kim | |
| Afa Anoai | ... | The Samoans | |
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Sika Anoai | ... | The Samoans |
| Kellie Martin | ... | Missy Roberts | |
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M. Harry Smilac is a down-on-his-luck music manager who is having a hard time attracting talent and booking gigs for his band, Kicks (The most recent of the gigs is a Dairy Queen opening!!). When making arrangements for a campaign fund-raiser, he mistakes Rick Roberts, a professional wrestler, for a musician and hires him. At that moment he becomes a wrestling manager and starts to book matches for him and his teammate Tonga Tom. The team is a success, and Harry decides to take his wrestlers and his band on a "Rock n' Wrestling" tour. The tour is a success, and Harry feels what it is like to be a winner again. Written by Pat McCurry <ccgrad97@aol.com>
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wrestling | band manager | dairy queen | fund raising gala | wrestling team |Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
21 May 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Body Slam See more »Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USAEdit
Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$4,520, 23 November 1986Gross USA:
$14,926Company Credits
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Written by Randy Bachman
Performed by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Published by Randy Bachman Music Procan for USA & Canada
Produced by Scott Carswell & Randy Bachman
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Dirk Benedict worked on the film between seasons of The A-Team (1983). See more »Goofs
Despite being attacked, the band's music keeps playing as if was meant to be a "live" performance. Despite the instruments being tossed around, the music keeps playing. See more »Soundtracks
Bad News Travels FastWritten by Randy Bachman
Performed by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Published by Randy Bachman Music Procan for USA & Canada
Produced by Scott Carswell & Randy Bachman
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I am big wrestling fan and a big rock music fan so i think this film only made it into my collection for those two reasons. saying that it is so bad that it is great. with Cameo's from some really great wrestlers and a most unusual cast this film is a must see even if you only watch it once. Dirk Benedict was a regular in two of the most cheesy TV Series of all time (Battlestar Galactica and the A team) so it is no wonder that he will never be a major movie star. Roddy Piper has made some good and some truly awful films but you have to admire his perseverance. he is still one of the best wrestlers never to be world champion. Tanya Roberts was a huge fantasy of mine in my teens so it was nice to see her do a film that didn't involve her taking her clothes off. from a Wrestling Fan point of view it was fun to see Rikishi in his early days as a wrestler as well.