Over the Top

Over the Top

Some fight for money... Some fight for glory... He's fighting for his son's love.

PG 1987 · 94 min · ★ 6.5 (2K) · Action, Drama

Lincoln Hawk a hard-luck big-rig trucker 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.

Directed by Menahem Golan · Written by Sylvester Stallone

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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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