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!!)...
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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 | |
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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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EnglishRelease Date:
21 May 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Rock e Boxe See more »Filming Locations:
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$4,520, 23 November 1986, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
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Written by Michael Lloyd
Performed by Jimmy Scarlet & The Dimensions
Published by KOM Music (ASCAP)
Produced by Michael Lloyd
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During the filming of final match, the crowd began to heckle the wrestlers because they could clearly see that their blows were faked. At that time, wrestlers publicly maintained that everything that they did in the ring was real. But the wrestlers had to pull their punches for the sake of being able to shoot multiple takes. Suddenly, a fight broke out between Roddy Piper and one of the Cannibals leading to a bloody brawl involving all of the wrestlers. Director Hal Needham, a former stuntman, jumped in to stop them but was tossed out of the ring. The brawl was eventually broken up leaving the audience, cast, and crew stunned. Later that day, Piper revealed to Dirk Benedict that the wrestlers had improvised the fight in order to get the audience to believe that wrestling was real again. 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
The Time Is RightWritten by Michael Lloyd
Performed by Jimmy Scarlet & The Dimensions
Published by KOM Music (ASCAP)
Produced by Michael Lloyd
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This movie is very funny. It has a great cast of famous Wrestlers from the 70s and 80s. Bruno Samartino, Rick Flair, Freddie Blassie, The Sheik, Capt. Lou Ablano, The Samonans, The Towers Of Pain, Roddy Pipper, and a few more. Overall the plot isn't that interesting, and some parts are kind of dumb, but it is all worth it for the ending. At the end the legendary Chick Hern gets to announce tag team championship title match. Chick did an amazing job announcing that wrestling match. That just proves how Chick Hern is the best announcer of all time. No other sports announcer can call a professional wrestling match that good. I would even watch snails race if Chick Hern was the announcer. Plus also the famous baseball announcer Harry Carry was in it too. This movie is a must see for all fans of 80s Wrestling or for fans of the Lakers.