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Fat City( 1972)

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Life is what happens in between rounds.

Overview

Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take opposite momentum.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Stacy Keach

      Tully

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      Jeff Bridges

      Ernie

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      Susan Tyrrell

      Oma

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      Candy Clark

      Faye

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      Nicholas Colasanto

      Ruben

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      Art Aragon

      Babe

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      Curtis Cokes

      Earl

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      Sixto Rodriguez

      Lucero

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      Billy Walker

      Wes

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      Wayne Mahan

      Buford

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      Ruben Navarro

      Fuentes

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      Al Silvani

      Referee at Tully-Lucero Fight (uncredited)

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      Álvaro López

      Rosales (uncredited)

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      Carl D. Parker

      Paymaster (uncredited)

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      Bill Riddle

      Boxer (uncredited)

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Jul 16 2025
    “Billy” (Stacy Keech) had been a jobbing boxer for most of his life, but his aged body has caused him to hang up his gloves, leaving him boozing with the permanently sozzled “Oma” (the scene stealing Susan Tyrell) most of the time whilst eking out an existence doing what he can to earn a buck after his career left him penniless. Whilst training at the YMCA, he comes across the enthusiastic young “Ernie” (Jeff Bridges) who is initially only having some fun, but is soon bent on embarking on a career that “Billy” reckons will follow the same trajectory of brief success and then failure that he suf...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • california
    • transporter
    • sports
    • boxer
    • alcoholism
    • over-the-hill fighter
    • neo-noir
    • boxing