Movie Description
Body Slam
(1986)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Hal Needham
- Producer : Shel Lytton,Mike Curb
- Writer : Steve Burkow,Shel Lytton
- Editor : Randy D. Thornton
- Cast : Dirk Benedict,Tanya Roberts,Roddy Piper,Louis 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,Richard Fliehr,Freddie Blassie,Adnan Al-Kassie,Sanford Clark,Dennis Fimple,Leslee Bremmer,Afa Anoa'i,Sika Anoa'i,Jay Johnstone,Chick Hearn,Michel Lamarche
Cast
M. Harry Smilac
Candace Vandervagen
Quick Rick Roberts
Capt. Lou Murano
Sheldon Brockmeister
Vic Carson
Tim McClusky
Scotty
Shapiro
Mr. Kim
Missy Roberts
TV Interviewer
Tonga Tom (as The Tonga Kid)
Axe the Cannibal (as The Barbarian - Sione Vailahi)
Hammer the Cannibal (as Tijoe Khan)
Himself
Himself
Himself
Himself
Wheelchair Man
Elmo
Girl in Bikini
The Samoans
The Samoans
Himself
Booth Announcer / Himself
The Mad Russian
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Facts
Original TitleBody Slam
Status Released
Release Information
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1986-11-21
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 29m
Production CompaniesMusifilm Productions,Hemdale Film Corporation
Genres
- Comedy
- Music