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Rocky - John G. Avildsen

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Directed by: 
John G. Avildsen
Screenplay by: 
Sylvester Stallone
Produced by: 
Robert Chartoff
Irwin Winkler
Release year: 
1976
Country: 
United States of America
Runtime: 
119min
Genre: 
Sports
Action Film
Romance Film
Sports films
Drama
Music by: 
Bill Conti
Sequel: 
Rocky II
Locations: 
Philadelphia
Grand Olympic Auditorium
Soundtrack: 
Rocky
Subjects: 
Boxing
Tagline: 
His whole life was a million-to-one shot.
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Plot: 
Rocky Balboa is a struggling boxer trying to make the big time, working as a debt collector for a pittance. When heavyweight champion Apollo Creed visits Philadelphia, his managers want to set up an exhibition match between Creed and a struggling boxer, touting the fight as a chance for a "nobody" to become a "somebody". The match is supposed to be easily won by Creed, but someone forgot to tell Rocky, who sees this as his only shot at the big time.
Cast: 
Sylvester Stallone
as
Rocky Balboa
Talia Shire
as
Adrian Pennino
Burt Young
as
Paulie Pennino
Carl Weathers
as
Apollo Creed
Burgess Meredith
as
Mickey Goldmill
Tony Burton
as
Tony "Duke" Evers
Thayer David
as
George Jergens
Joe Spinell
as
Tony Gazzo
Jodi Letizia
as
Marie
Jimmy Gambina
as
Mike
Pedro Lovell
as
Spider Rico
(
Club Fighter
)
Bill Baldwin
as
Fight Announcer
Al Silvani
as
Cut Man
George Memmoli
as
Ice Rink Attendant
Diana Lewis
as
TV Commentator #1
George O'Hanlon
as
TV Commentator #2
Larry Carroll
as
TV Interviewer
Stan Shaw
as
Dipper
Don Sherman
as
Bartender
Billy Sands
as
Club Fight Announcer
DeForest Covan
as
Apollo's Corner
Simmy Bow
as
Club Corner Man
Hank Rolike
as
Apollo Corner Man
Shirley O'Hara
as
Jergens' Secretary
Kathleen Parker
as
Paulie's Date
Frank Stallone Sr.
as
Timekeeper
Lloyd Kaufman
as
Drunk
Jane Marla Robbins
as
Owner of Pet Shop
Jack Hollander
as
Fats
Joe Sorbello
as
Buddy, Gazzo's Bodyguard
(
Gazzo's Bodyguard
)
Christopher Avildsen
as
Chiptooth
Frankie Van
as
Club Fight Referee
Lou Filippo
as
Championship Fight Announcer
Paris Eagle
as
Fighter
Frank Stallone
as
Streetcorner Singer #1
Robert L. Tangrea
as
Streetcorner Singer #2
Peter Glassberg
as
Streetcorner Singer #3
William E. Ring
as
Streetcorner Singer #4
Joseph C. Giambelluc
as
Streetcorner Singer #5
Joe Frazier
Butkus Stallone
as
Rocky's Dog
Arnold Johnson
as
Spectator #1
Bobby Cassidy
as
Ringside Police Officer
Michael Dorn
as
Apollo Creed's Bodyguard
Jeri McBride
as
Tony Gazzo's Girlfriend
Stu Nahan
as
Fight Commentator
Frank Pesce
as
Spectator #2
John Pleshette
as
Aftershave Commercial Director
Lavelle Roby
as
Mary Anne Creed
Arthur Tovey
as
Reporter #2
Robert Leh
as
Reporter #1

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