Stay Hungry
“If you've got an appetite for life…”
A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after spending time with weightlifter Joe Santo and gym worker Mary Tate Farnsworth, Craig wants out of the deal. The property negotiations turn ugly, causing a brawl at the gym and a spectacle at a big bodybuilding meet, as Craig learns that it's not easy to turn your back on fair-weather friends.
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Cast
42 people
Jeff Bridges
Craig Blake
Known for
The Big Lebowski
Iron Man
Sally Field
Mary Tate Farnsworth
Known for
Forrest Gump
Mrs. Doubtfire
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Joe Santo
Known for
The Terminator
Predator
R.G. Armstrong
Thor Erickson
Known for
Predator
Children of the Corn
Robert Englund
Franklin
Known for
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Freddy vs. Jason
Helena Kallianiotes
Anita
Known for
Five Easy Pieces
Eureka
Roger E. Mosley
Newton
Known for
Magnum, P.I.
Unlawful Entry
Woodrow Parfrey
Uncle Albert
Known for
Planet of the Apes
Papillon
Scatman Crothers
William
Known for
The Shining
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Kathleen Miller
Dorothy Stephens
Known for
The Last Detail
Coming Home
Fannie Flagg
Amy
Known for
Fried Green Tomatoes
Five Easy Pieces
Joanna Cassidy
Zoe
Known for
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Six Feet Under
Bob Rafelson Director · Charles Gaines Screenplay Byron Berline Composer
Worldwide gross $25M · Budget $5M · United States release April 23, 1976
Box office
Budget
$5,000,000
Worldwide gross
$24,854,765
Gross vs. budget
5.0×
Production
United Artists
Production
Outov Productions
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 23, 1976
Theatrical
Germany
August 12, 1977 · TV · ARD
Italy
August 13, 1986 · Theatrical · Rome
Sweden
July 16, 1980 · Theatrical
Switzerland
August 13, 1976 · Theatrical
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