The Main Event
“A Glove Story”
A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring — an idea her protégé isn't fond of.
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Cast
55 people
Barbra Streisand
Hillary Kramer
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Ryan O'Neal
Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon
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Paul Sand
David
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Whitman Mayo
Percy
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Patti D'Arbanville
Donna
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Chu Chu Malave
Luis
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Richard Lawson
Hector Mantilla
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V
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James Gregory
Gough
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The Manchurian Candidate
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Richard Altman
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Seth Banks
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Lindsay Bloom
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Mike Hammer
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Earl Boen
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Howard Zieff Director · Gail Parent Screenplay Andrew Smith Screenplay
Worldwide gross $45M · Budget $8M · United States release June 22, 1979
Box office
Budget
$8,000,000
Worldwide gross
$44,800,000
Gross vs. budget
5.6×
Production
Barwood Films
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
First Artists
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 22, 1979
Theatrical
Japan
December 15, 1979 · Theatrical
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