Main Cast: Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Rick Schroder, Jack Warden, Arthur Hill, Strother Martin
Release Year: 1979
Country: US
Run Time: 121 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
Billy (Jon Voight) is on the road with his son T.J. (Ricky Schroder), fighting low-end boxing matches for drinking money before moving on to the next town for another match. When his ex-wife (and T.J.'s mother) Annie (Faye Dunaway) shows up, it's to tell him that she wants custody of the boy. She has remarried and has risen to social prominence in her community. She wants the same for T.J. Determined to keep his son with him, Billy decides to train properly in order to be a success instead of just a washed-up punching bag. This gorgeously photographed drama is a remake of the 1931 film, which won its star Wallace Beery an Oscar. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
Joan Blondell - Dolly Kenyon; Mary Jo Catlett - Josie; Elisha Cook, Jr. - Georgie; Bill Baldwin - Race Track Announcer; Jeff Blum - Jeffie; Randall "Tex" Cobb - Bowers; Larry Duran - Bowers' Handler #2; Dana Elcar - Hoffmaster; Gina Gallego - Cuban Girl; Stefan Gierasch - Charlie Goodman; Shirlee Kong - Donna Mae; Eddie Lopez; Dorothy Strelsin - Dolly's Guest; Jeff Temkin - Ring Announcer; Joe Tornatore - Hesh; Ken Wahl; Jodie Wilson - Mrs. Riley; Bob Gordon - TV Reporter; Allan Miller - Whitey; Sonny Shields - Bowers' Handler #1; William Fuller - Steward; Wally Rose - Bowers' Manager; Ernesto Morelli - Bar Patron; Kristoff St. John - Sonny
Credit
Joyce Robinson - Casting, Theoni V. Aldredge - Costume Designer, David Silver - First Assistant Director, Franco Zeffirelli - Director, Michael J. Sheridan - Editor, Dave Grusin - Composer (Music Score), Bob Dawn - Makeup, Lee C. Harman - Makeup, Michael Benson - Camera Operator, Theoni V. Aldredge - Production Designer, Herman A. Blumenthal - Production Designer, Fred Koenekamp - Cinematographer, Dyson Lovell - Producer, Martha Johnston - Set Designer, James W. Payne - Set Designer, Jerry Jost - Sound/Sound Designer, Michael J. Kohut - Sound/Sound Designer, Wiliam L. McCaughey - Sound/Sound Designer, Aaron Rochin - Sound/Sound Designer, Walter Newman - Screenwriter, Frances Marion - Book Author, Leonard Praskins - Play Author, Frances Marion - Short Story Author
Billy Flynn, an ex-boxing champion, is now a horse trainer in Hialeah. He makes just enough money to raise his little boy T.J. He has custody of his son after his wife Annie left him seven years ago. T.J. worships "The Champ" who is now working on his come-back in order to give his boy a better future. But suddenly Annie shows up again.
