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Stacy Keach
Tully
Jeff Bridges
Ernie
Susan Tyrrell
Oma
Candy Clark
Faye
Nicholas Colasanto
Ruben
Art Aragon
Babe
Curtis Cokes
Earl
Sixto Rodriguez
Lucero
Billy Walker
Wes
Wayne Mahan
Buford
Ruben Navarro
Fuentes
Al Silvani
Referee at Tully-Lucero Fight (uncredited)
Álvaro López
Rosales (uncredited)
Carl D. Parker
Paymaster (uncredited)
Bill Riddle
Boxer (uncredited)
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Review 1DiscussionA review by CinemaSerf
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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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