The Champ

Overview

Director Franco Zeffirelli (Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet) trades in his puffy shirts for boxing gloves in this 1979 re-make of the Wallace Berry/Jackie Cooper classic. Jon Voight plays Billy Flynn, a down-on-his-luck boxer who is working as a stable man for horses in Florida. T.J. (Ricky Schroder) is his plucky son who looks after him. An unrepentant gambler and drinker, Billy needs looking after. But the father/son bond is torn asunder when Billy's upper-crust ex-wife Annie (Faye Dunaway) suddenly reappears to claim T.J. Billy realizes that the only way for him to hold on to his son is to re-enter the boxing ring and try for a comeback.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/05/2015
UPC:	0888574299163
Original Release:	1979
Rating:	PG
Source:	Warner Archives
Language:	English
Time:	2:00:00
Sales rank:	1,943

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jon Voight	Billy Flynn
Faye Dunaway	Annie
Jack Warden	Jackie
Arthur Hill	Mr. Philips
Strother Martin	Riley
Joan Blondell	Dolly Kenyan
Mary Jo Catlett	Josie
Elisha Cook Jr.	Georgie
Stefan Gierasch	Charlie Goodman
Allan Miller	Whitey
Joe Tornatore	Hesh
Shirlee Kong	Donna Mae
Jeff Blum	Jeffie
Dana Elcar	Hoffmaster
Randall "Tex" Cobb	Bowers
Gina Gallego	Cuban Girl
Jody Wilson	Mrs. Riley,Mrs. Riley
Reginal M. Toussaint	Groom
Bob Gordon	TV Reporter
Gene Picchi	Dolly's Trainer
Anne Logan	Horse Owner
Bill Baldwin	Race Track Announcer
Rita Turner	Actor
Dorothy Strelsin	Dolly's Guest
Lionel Dozier	Actor
Charles W. Camac	Actor
David Peden	Actor
William Fuller	Steward
Vanna Salviati	Actor
Maurice Pete Mitchell	Actor
Ernesto Morelli	Bar Patron
Robert Ray Sutton	Actor
Philip Tuersky	Actor
Micki Varro	Actor
Geoff Marlowe	Actor
George Stidham	Actor
Willie White	Actor
Curtis Jackson	Actor
Wally Rose	Bowers' Manager
Dick Young	Actor
Sonny Shields	Bowers' Handler #1
Larry Duran	Bowers' Handler #2
Lars Hensen	Actor
Jeff Temkin	Ring Announcer
Eddie Lopez	Actor
Ralph Gambina	Actor
Rick Schroder	T.J. Flynn,Actor
Kristoff St. John	Sonny
Ken Wahl	Actor
Dave Grusin	Composer

Technical Credits

Walter Newman

Frances Marion

Franco Zeffirelli	Director
Dyson Lovell	Producer
Walter Newman	Screenwriter
Frances Marion	Screenwriter
Paul Baxley	Stunts
Jerry Jost	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Michael J. Kohut	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
John Riordan	Sound Effects
Aaron Rochin	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Joyce Robinson	Casting
William McCaughey	Sound/Sound Designer