Over the Top
“Some fight for money... Some fight for glory... He's fighting for his son's love.”
Lincoln Hawk a hard-luck big-rig trucker takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the first-place prize money, and the love of the son he abandoned years earlier into the keeping of his rich, ruthless father-in-law.
Cast
25 people
Sylvester Stallone
Lincoln Hawk
Known for
Rocky
The Expendables
Robert Loggia
Jason Cutler
Known for
Scarface
Independence Day
Susan Blakely
Christina Hawk
Known for
The Towering Inferno
The Concorde... Airport '79
Rick Zumwalt
Bob "Bull" Hurley
Known for
Batman Returns
The Presidio
David Mendenhall
Michael Cutler/Michael Hawk
Known for
The Transformers
Space Raiders
Chris McCarty
Tim Salanger
Also in
The Shadow Men
Session Man
Terry Funk
Ruker
Known for
Paradise Alley
The Ringer
Bob Beattie
Announcer
Allan Graf
Collins
Known for
Poltergeist
Nowhere to Run
Magic Schwarz
Smasher
Known for
Stone Cold
Bruce Way
John Grizzly
No other roles listed
Jimmy Keegan
Big Boy (Richie)
Also in
The Littles
Here Come the Littles
Menahem Golan Director · Stirling Silliphant Screenplay Sylvester Stallone Screenplay
Worldwide gross $16M · Budget $25M · United States release February 13, 1987
Box office
Budget
$25,000,000
Worldwide gross
$16,057,580
Gross vs. budget
0.6×
Production
The Cannon Group
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
Golan-Globus Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Brazil · February 13, 1987
Theatrical
United States · February 13, 1987
Theatrical
Australia
March 26, 1987 · Theatrical
Denmark
October 30, 1995 · Theatrical
Finland
April 10, 1987 · Theatrical
France
April 8, 1987 · Theatrical
November 8, 2025 · TV · W9
April 11, 2026 · TV · RTL9
Germany
April 30, 1987 · Theatrical
Hungary
March 29, 1990 · Theatrical
Ireland
April 10, 1987 · Theatrical
Japan
February 14, 1987 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 9, 1987 · Theatrical
June 21, 2003 · TV · SBS 6
October 26, 2012 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray
Slovakia
August 1, 2024 · Digital · VOYO
Sweden
April 17, 1987 · Theatrical
November 25, 1987 · Physical · VHS
March 5, 2008 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
August 11, 2025 · Physical
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