Over the Top (1987)

02/13/1987 (US) • 1h 34m

Action, Drama

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

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

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

Bob Beattie

Announcer

Allan Graf

Collins


Recommendations

Cobra

62%

The Specialist

59%

Reach Me

53%

Tango & Cash

65%

The Fugitives

68%

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

53%

Rambo III

62%

Radio Days

70%

Midnight Run

72%

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege

51%

Kickboxer

68%

The Chase

58%

Werner and the Wizard of Booze

66%

The Miracle of Bern

65%

Harriet the Spy

61%

Palermo – Milan One Way

62%

Pocket Hercules: Naim Suleymanoglu

77%

The Dead

68%

The Banger Sisters

56%

Betrayed

60%

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$25,000,000.00

Revenue

$16,057,580.00

Keywords

underdog

sports

bad father-in-law

father-in-law

road trip

truck

on the road

truck driver

arm wrestling

eighteen wheeler

father son relationship

semi truck

© All Rights Reserved 2025