Knock Out

Mar 1, 1984

1h 49m

★ 6.7

The real fight starts when you get out of the ring

Overview

Rodrigo Zaracho, once a promising boxer, is in decline. While fleeing from a gang that is chasing him, he remembers his past.

Genres

Thriller

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Estudios Churubusco Azteca

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Cast

Rodrigo Saracho

Gonzalo Vega

Lilia Montero

Blanca Guerra

Saúl Beltrán

Wolf Ruvinskis

López

Guillermo Orea

Latin

Salvador Pineda

Rodrigo's mother

Blanca Torres

Old man in the building

Ignacio Retes

Sultan

Roberto Cobo

Taxi driver

Alejandro Parodi

Mesie

Ernesto Yáñez

La lola

Dolores Beristáin

Valdespino

Agustín Silva

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