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Body Slam (1986)
Directed by Hal Needham
Most recently watched by sleestakk
Overview
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.
Rated PG | Length 89 minutes
Actors
Dirk Benedict | Tanya Roberts | Roddy Piper | Louis Vincent Albano | Barry Gordon | Charles Nelson Reilly | Billy Barty | John Astin | Sydney Lassick | John Fujioka | Kellie Martin | M.G. Kelly | Sam Fatu | Sione Vailahi | Tom Kasat | Bruno Sammartino | Ric Flair | Freddie Blassie | Adnan Al Kassie | Sanford Clark | Dennis Fimple | Leslee Bremmer | Afa Amituana'i Anoa'i | Sika Anoa'i | Jay Johnstone | Chick Hearn | Michel Lamarche