Body Slam (1986)
He's down but never out...
92 min
M. Harry Smilac is a down-on-his-luck music manager who is having a hard time attracting talent and booking gigs for his band, Kicks (The most recent of the gigs is a Dairy Queen opening!!). When making arrangements for a campaign fund-raiser, he mistakes Rick Roberts, a professional wrestler, for a musician and hires him. At that moment he becomes a wrestling manager and starts to book matches for him and his teammate Tonga Tom. The team is a success, and Harry decides to take his wrestlers and his band on a "Rock n' Wrestling" tour. The tour is a success, and Harry feels what it is like to be a winner again.
- Release date
- November 21, 1986
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Dirk Benedict as M. Harry Smilac
- Tanya Roberts as Candace Vandervagen
- Roddy Piper as Quick Rick Roberts
- Lou Albano as Captain Lou Murano
- Barry Gordon as Sheldon Brockmeister
- Charles Nelson Reilly as Vic Carson
- Billy Barty as Tim McClusky
- John Astin as Scotty
- Sam Fatu as Tonga Tom
- Dani Crayne as Bitsy Vandervagen
Crew
- Hal Needham · Director
- Shel Lytton · Writer
- Steve Burkow · Writer
- Mike Curb · Producer
- Shel Lytton · Producer
- John D'Andrea · Composer
- Michael Lloyd · Composer
- Michael Shea · Cinematographer
- Randy D. Thornton · Editor
- Paul Bengston · Casting director
- David Cohn · Casting director