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Over the Top

Year:

1987

Duration:

93 min

Genres:

Action | Drama | Sport

IMDB rate:

5.5

Director:

Menahem Golan

Awards:

4 wins & 2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1987-02-13

Filming Locations: Flagstaff, Arizona, USA

Earnings

Budget: $25,000,000

Opening Weekend: $5,149,200 (USA) (15 February 1987)

Gross: $16,057,580 (USA)SEK 3,967,014 (Sweden)

Cast

Actor

Character

Randy Raney

Sylvester Stallone

Lincoln Hawk

Robert Loggia

Jason Cutler

Susan Blakely

Christina Hawk

Rick Zumwalt

Bob 'Bull' Hurley

David Mendenhall

Michael Cutler

Chris McCarty

Tim Salanger

Terry Funk

Ruker

Bob Beattie

Announcer

Allan Graf

Collins

Magic Schwarz

Smasher

Bruce Way

Grizzly

Jimmy Keegan

Big Boy - Richie

John Braden

Colonel Davis

Tony Munafo

Tony

Paul Sullivan

Carl Adams

Jack Wright

Big Bill Larson

Sam Scarber

Bosco

Richie Giachetti

Landis

Michael Fox

Jim Olson

Ross St. Phillip

McBroom

Seth Mitchell

First Policeman

Dale Benson

Salesman

Joe Kiel

Taxi Driver

Dean Abston

Turnkey

Flo Lawrence

Martha the Waitress (as Flo Gerrish)

David Van Gorder

Second Boy

Kelly Sahnger

Cashier

Charles M. Wilborn

Cashier

Terry Burns

Doctor

William Buck

Doctor (as William Nichols Buck)

Bob Eazor

Referee

Ed Levitt

Referee

Andrew Rhodes

Referee

Bob Rogers

Referee

Reggie Bennett

Female Arm Wrestler

Joshua Lee Patton

Arm Wrestler

James Mendenhall

Minister

Danny Capri

Third Boy

Gregory Braendel

Limo Driver

Sly Smith

Red Cap (as Sly Ali Smith)

Rose Dursey

Hospital Clerk

Marion Mickens II

Officer of the Day

Dave Patton

Trainer

Alexa Lambert

Cocktail Waitress

Ronnie Rondell Jr.

Guard

James H. Shana

Officer

Norman Howell

Man

Rex Pierson

Man

Stephanie Blake

Ticket Agent (uncredited)

John Brzenk

Arm Wrestler (uncredited)

Scott Buzz

Arm Wrestler (uncredited)

Richard Levine

Arm Wrestler (uncredited)

Paul Dion Monte

Arm Wrestler (uncredited)

Scott Norton

Arm Wrestler (uncredited)

Derek A. Smith

Arm Wrestler (uncredited)

Connie Woods

Odds Girl (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Pro wrestling legend Scott Norton has an uncredited role as one of the arm wrestlers in the tournament.

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Sylvester Stallone was reportedly unhappy with the final film. In an interview with the Ain't It Cool News website, he said that if he had directed the film he would have made it with a darker tone - changing the setting to an urban environment, using scored music instead of rock songs, and making the Las Vegas finale more ominous.

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Includes uncredited cameos by notable arm wrestling champions John Brzenk, Cleve Dean, and Allen Fisher. Brzenk's appearance was discussed in his documentary "Pulling John"(2009).

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Goofs

When Hawk arrives at the Military School in his truck, the 'Hawk' figurine can not be seen on the bonnet of the truck.

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When Mike takes the white pick-up and stops at the stop sign his window is rolled down and when he takes off, his window is rolled up.

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When Hawk and his son are walking to the final match, the audio used for his son is from the speech he gave his Father in the scene before. He could be heard saying, "You weren't talking about me, you were talking about you," although the audio is lowered.

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Quotes

Lincoln Hawk: What I do is I just try to take my hat and I turn it around, and it's like a switch that goes on. And when the switch goes on, I feel like another person, I feel, I don't know, I feel like a... like a truck. Like a machine.

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Jason Cutler: We don't have to be enemies.

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Michael Cutler: If I went with you, where would we go? Where would we end up?

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