Over the Top
Some fight for money... Some fight for glory... He's fighting for his son's love.
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Release Date
2/13/1987Runtime
93 minsOverview
Sylvester Stallone stars as hard-luck big-rig trucker Lincoln Hawk and takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the first-place prize money, and the love of the son he abandoned years earlier into the keeping of his rich, ruthless father-in-law.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$25,000,000Revenue
$16,057,580Homepage
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A heartfelt underdog story wrapped in gloriously silly '80s spectacle, Stallone's trucker takes an armwrestling detour to reconnect with his son and reclaim his life, all while the film embraces its own absurdity with genuine warmth.
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Sylvester Stallone
Lincoln Hawk
Robert Loggia
Jason Cutler
Susan Blakely
Christina Hawk
Rick Zumwalt
Bob "Bull" Hurley
David Mendenhall
Michael Cutler/Michael Hawk
Chris McCarty
Tim Salanger
Terry Funk
Ruker
Bob Beattie
Announcer
Allan Graf
Collins
Magic Schwarz
Smasher
Bruce Way
John Grizzly
Jimmy Keegan
Big Boy (Richie)
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