19 Sep 1980
Melvin and Howard
The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes. Inspired by real events.
Fat City
Life is what happens in between rounds.
Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take opposite momentum.
Top Billed Cast
Stacy Keach Tully
Jeff Bridges Ernie
Susan Tyrrell Oma
Candy Clark Faye
Nicholas Colasanto Ruben
Art Aragon Babe
Curtis Cokes Earl
Sixto Rodriguez Lucero
Billy Walker Wes
Wayne Mahan Buford
Ruben Navarro Fuentes
Al Silvani Referee at Tully-Lucero Fight (uncredited)
Álvaro López Rosales (uncredited)
Carl D. Parker Paymaster (uncredited)
Bill Riddle Boxer (uncredited)
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