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The Wrestler

Athletes...? Actors...? Assassins...?

4.2 average rating
4.2
English / 95 MIN. / 1974

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Ed AsnerElaine GiftosVerne GagneBilly RobinsonJerry WadeDon MuracoLord James BlearsDanny HodgeJoe ScarpelloDick AfflisDan GableReginald LisowskiVirgil RunnelsEdward McDanielMel JassWilliam V. CrouchMarty O'NeilJoe DusekNick BockwinkelBilly GrahamJay HyonSarah MillerH.B. HaggertyRay StevensLawrence BatsonSammy MenackerRichard FliehrDick MurdochGreg GagneEddie GossettHarold SakataLarry HennigWilbur SnyderRodger KentBobby CoxKen PateraJames KlobucharWally KarboRod TrongardDennis HilgartJim  BrunzellHorst HoffmanFred MarxenDave GoldsonJack CornallVince McMahon Sr.

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