Body Slam
1986, Film, 92 min, Comedy, Music, Sport, English, United States, MoviePedia score 59
He's down but never out...
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.
Directed by Hal Needham
Cast
- Dirk Benedict as M. Harry Smilac
- Tanya Roberts as Candace Vandervagen
- Roddy Piper as Quick Rick Roberts
- Lou Albano as Captain Lou Murano
- Barry Gordon as Sheldon Brockmeister
- Charles Nelson Reilly as Vic Carson
- Billy Barty as Tim McClusky
- John Astin as Scotty
- Sam Fatu as Tonga Tom
- Dani Crayne as Bitsy Vandervagen
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