The Prize Fighter

Nov 2, 1979

1h 39m

★ 4.8

Overview

"Bags" the boxer (Tim Conway) and his manager, Shake (Don Knotts), are quite a pair: One is a dim bulb, and the other has a mean streak. Times are tough and they must save their gym, so they line up some money making fights. But when Bags and Shake discover that the bouts have been rigged, they end up with their backs to the wall and must fight back -- literally.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Family

Production Companies

Hen's Tooth Vidoes

The Prize Fighter Trailers

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Cast

Shake

Don Knotts

Bags

Tim Conway

Pop Morgan

David Wayne

Polly

Cisse Cameron

Mike

Robin Clarke

Judy

Holly Conover

Ring Announcer

Alfred E. Covington

Turk

Bill Crabb

Stubby

Kenneth Daniel

Referee #2

Mike DeFabis

Stranger

Joe Dorsey

Referee #1

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