

Body Slam
1986-11-21 · 89 min · ★ 5.1
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.
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- Directors
- Hal Needham
- Production companies
- Musifilm Productions, Hemdale Film Corporation
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Dirk BenedictM. Harry Smilac
Tanya RobertsCandace Vandervagen
Roddy PiperQuick Rick Roberts
Louis AlbanoCapt. Lou Murano
Barry GordonSheldon Brockmeister
Charles Nelson ReillyVic Carson
Billy BartyTim McClusky
John AstinScotty
Sydney LassickShapiro
John FujiokaMr. Kim
Kellie MartinMissy Roberts
Bruno SammartinoHimself
Ric FlairHimself
Freddie BlassieHimself
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