F.I.S.T.
“A story about a man, the woman he loved, and the men he fought for.”
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.
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Cast
73 people
Sylvester Stallone
John D. 'Johnny' Kovak
Known for
Rocky
The Expendables
Rod Steiger
Sen. Andrew Madison
Known for
Duck, You Sucker
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Peter Boyle
Max Graham
Known for
Taxi Driver
Young Frankenstein
Melinda Dillon
Anna Zarinkas
Known for
A Christmas Story
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
David Huffman
Abe Belkin
Known for
Firefox
Blood Beach
Kevin Conway
Vince Doyle
Known for
Invincible
The Quick and the Dead
Tony Lo Bianco
Anthony 'Babe' Milano
Known for
Jesus of Nazareth
The French Connection
Cassie Yates
Molly
Known for
Convoy
The Osterman Weekend
Peter Donat
Arthur St. Clair
Known for
The Game
The War of the Roses
John Lehne
Mr. Gant
Known for
Family Plot
Bound for Glory
Henry Wilcoxon
Win Talbot
Known for
Caddyshack
The Ten Commandments
Richard Herd
Mike Monahan
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V
Get Out
Norman Jewison Director · Joe Eszterhas Screenplay Sylvester Stallone Screenplay
Worldwide gross $20M · Budget $11M · United States release April 26, 1978
Box office
Budget
$11,000,000
Worldwide gross
$20,388,920
Gross vs. budget
1.9×
Production
United Artists
Production
Chateau Productions
Production
Huron Productions Inc.
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Hungarian · Italian · Latin · Lithuanian
Release dates
Brazil · April 26, 1978
Theatrical
United States · April 26, 1978
Theatrical
France
December 4, 1979 · Theatrical
Germany
August 16, 1978 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 4, 2003 · TV · V8
October 26, 2012 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray
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