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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$25,000,000.00

Revenue

$16,057,580.00

Keywords

sports

bad father-in-law

road trip

truck driver

arm wrestling

father son relationship

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