The Main Event (1979)
A Glove Story
A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring — an idea her protégé isn't fond of.
- Date of release
- 1979-06-22
- TMDB
- 5.3 / 10 (68)
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Director
- Howard Zieff
Casting
- Barbra Streisand — Hillary Kramer
- Ryan O'Neal — Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon
- Paul Sand — David
- Whitman Mayo — Percy
- Patti D'Arbanville — Donna
- Chu Chu Malave — Luis
- Richard Lawson — Hector Mantilla
- James Gregory — Gough
- Richard Altman — Tour Guide
- Seth Banks — Newsman
- Lindsay Bloom — Girl In Bed
- Earl Boen — Nose - Kline
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