Body Slam
“He's down but never out...”
1986•PG•1h 29m•5.1•Released
ComedyMusic
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.
Director
Hal Needham
Writer
Steve Burkow, Shel Lytton
Languages
English
Studio
Musifilm Productions
Cast
Dirk Benedict
M. Harry Smilac
Tanya Roberts
Candace Vandervagen
Roddy Piper
Quick Rick Roberts
Louis Albano
Capt. Lou Murano
Barry Gordon
Sheldon Brockmeister
Charles Nelson Reilly
Vic Carson
Billy Barty
Tim McClusky
John Astin
Scotty
Sydney Lassick
Shapiro
John Fujioka
Mr. Kim
Kellie Martin
Missy Roberts
M.G. Kelly
TV Interviewer
Sam Fatu
Tonga Tom (as The Tonga Kid)
Sione Vailahi
Axe the Cannibal (as The Barbarian - Sione Vailahi)
Tom Kasat
Hammer the Cannibal (as Tijoe Khan)
Production
Company
Musifilm Productions
Company
Hemdale Film Corporation
Producer
Shel Lytton
Producer
Mike Curb
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