Over the Top

Theatrical - Wide 1987-02-13

Cast Sylvester Stallone Robert Loggia Susan Blakely Rick Zumwalt David Mendenhall
Directed by Menahem Golan
Written by Stirling Silliphant Sylvester Stallone

Box Office Gross: $16,057,580

Running Time: 94 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: The Cannon Group, Warner Bros. Pictures, Golan-Globus Productions

Genres: Action Drama

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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,... See more and the love of the son he abandoned years earlier into the keeping of his rich, ruthless father-in-law.

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