The 500 Pound Jerk (1973)
An advertising man's dream of turning a huge hillbilly into an Olympic weightlifting champion is set back when the hillbilly falls for a Russian gymnast.
- Date of release
- 1973-01-02
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- William Kronick
Casting
- James Franciscus — Gil Davenport
- Alex Karras — Hughie Rae Feather
- Hope Lange — Karen Walsh
- Howard Cosell — Howard Cosell
- Victor Spinetti — Martin Bloore
- Claudia Butenuth — Natalya
- Rick Parsé — Mickey
- Heinz Viertaler — Lermontov
- Ralf Wolter — Glabov
- John Akii-Bua — John Akii-Bua (uncredited)
- Heide Rosendahl — Heide Rosendahl (uncredited)
- Günter Zahn — Günter Zahn (uncredited)
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