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The Wrestler (1974)
Directed by James A. Westman
Overview
Frank Bass (Ed Asner) is an honest guy trying to make a living in the cut throat world of professional wrestling, and he’s gonna make it work - even if he dies trying! But first - he’ll have to strong-arm his way through all the mobsters, gamblers, promoters and fight fixers and help his past-his-prime wrestler once again win a championship belt. Features appearances from real-life legendary wrestlers and AWA superstars Verne Gagne, Rick Flair, Superstar Billy Graham, Dusty Rhodes, Dick the Bruiser, Ray Stevens, Dory Funk Jr., Ken Patera, Billy Robinson, Dan Gable, Eddie Graham, Dick Murdoch, Vincent J. McMahon, and more.
Rated PG-13 | Length 95 minutes
Actors
Ed Asner | Elaine Giftos | Verne Gagne | Billy Robinson | Jerry Wade | Don Muraco | Lord 'Tally Ho' Blears | Danny Hodge | Joe Scarpello | Dick Afflis | Dan Gable | Reginald Lisowski | Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr. | Edward McDaniel | Mel Jass | William V. Crouch | Marty O'Neil | Joe Dusek | Nick Bockwinkel | Eldridge Wayne Coleman | Jay Hyon | Sarah Miller | Hard Boiled Haggerty | Ray Stevens | Lawrence Batson | Sammy Menacker | Ric Flair | Dick Murdoch | Greg Gagne | Eddie Gossett | Harold Sakata | Larry Hennig | Wilbur Snyder | Rodger Kent | Bobby Cox | Ken Patera | James Klobuchar | Wally Karbo | Rod Trongard | Dennis Hilgart | James Jim Brunzell | Horst Hoffman | Fred Marxen | Dave Goldson | Jack Cornall | Vince McMahon Sr.