Flesh and Blood (1979)
- Director(s):
- Jud Taylor
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Adapted from the novel by Pete Hamill, Flesh and Blood stars Tom Berenger as Bobby Fallon, a street punk who develops into a topnotch boxer while in prison. Upon his release, Bobby is taken under the wing of manager John Cassavetes. Outwardly tough and unmovable, Bobby is tortured with memories of his miserable childhood, which included an incestuous episode with his mother (Suzanne Pleshette). This two-part TV movie concludes with a heavyweight championship bout, bankrolled by Bobby's long-estranged father (Mitchell Ryan). Photographed with Rocky-like intensity by Vilmos Zsigismond, Flesh and Blood first aired on October 14 and 16, 1979. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Bob Smith - Ringside Reporter
- Tom Berenger - Bobby Fallon
- Ji-Tu Cumbuka - Moody Shaw
- Pat Corley - Madison Square Garden Reporter
- Michael Evans - Fight Reporter
- Bill Henderson - Fight Reporter
- Peter Hobbs - Sgt. Corrigan
- Gene Lebell - 2nd Fat Guy
- Paul Napier - TV Producer
- Stack Pierce - Big Moony
- Jack Rader - Charlie
- Ernest Robinson - North Corner
- John Roselius - Soldier Bartlett
- Felix Shuman - Gloves Official
- Paul Tuerpé - Fight Reporter
- Luca Bercovici - Bellhop
- Eddy Donno - North Referee
- Ted White - 2nd Cop
- James Brewer - 1st Cop
- Alex Rose - Anderson Corner
- Frank Mugnolo - Carmine
- Jerome Landfield - Man in Dressing Room
- Edward Grennen - Lewis Announcer
- Charles Warfield - Curly Anderson
- Van Allen - Doctor
- Clarence Davidson - Ringside Reporter
- James Andelin - Harding
- Patrick Billingsley - Older Official
- Anthony Charnota - Freddie
- Nathan Davis - North Announcer
- Kristin Griffith - Michelle Gordon
- Chuck Hicks - Kingsize
- John Bear Hudkins - Bartender
- E.G. Marshall
- Walter Olkewicz - 1st Fat Guy
- Suzanne Pleshette - Kate Fallon
- Bert Remsen - Joe Jorgenson
- Jon Rodgers - Reporter
- Mitchell Ryan - Jack Fallon
- Dolph Sweet - Thompson
- Denzel Washington - Kirk
- John Cassavetes - Gus Caputo
- Bob Minor - Walker Lewis
- Sam Weisman - Lou Stevens
- Anton Quintana - Ringside Reporter
- Alvaro Lopez - Munoz
- Mike Arcesi - Stockwood
- Leo Ranieri - Bartlett Referee
- Stan Berg - Lewis Referee
- Nathaniel Morgan - Anderson Referee
- Edwin Jahiel - Ringside Reporter
- William Elliott - Arthur Young
- Director(s):
- Jud Taylor
- Writer(s):
- Eric Bercovici
- Producer(s):
- Richard A. Briggs, Herbert Hirschman
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