The Main Event
1979 · Movie · 112 min. · United States
Hillary Kramer, successful Perfume magnate awakes one morning to find that her accountant has robbed her blind and left for South America. Going through all of her remaining assets she finds a boxer, purchased as a tax write off. She decides to take Kid Natural, (Eddie Scanlon) who is much more at home giving driving lessons, into the ring and use him as her key to riches. Eddie thinks this will only get him killed and resists.
Direction Howard Zieff
Cast Ryan O'Neal · Barbra Streisand · Paul Sand · Whitman Mayo · Patti D'Arbanville · Richard Lawson · Rory Calhoun · James Gregory
Soundtrack Michael Melvoin
Screenplay Gail Parent · Andrew Smith
Cinematography Mario Tosi
Original title The Main Event
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316 votes (FilmAffinity)
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