No Contest

Mar 2, 1995

1h 38m

★ 5.0

A roller coaster ride of full frontal, high-octane action!

Overview

A beauty contest turns into a hostage situation, when the Miss Galaxy competition is taken over by a gang, demanding a ransom of diamonds. Sharon, a kick-boxing actress, is the host of the show, and the thorn in the terrorists side.

Genres

Drama

Action

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Norstar Entertainment

No Contest Trailers

Cast

Sharon Bell

Shannon Tweed

Oz, aka Raymond Ulysses Brice

Andrew Dice Clay

Sergeant Crane

Robert Davi

Ice

Roddy Piper

Vic

Nicholas Campbell

Senator Donald Wilson

John Colicos

Captain Henricks

James Purcell

Nancy Polson

Judith Scott

Que

Louis Wrightman

Cal

Keram Malicki-Sánchez

Zed

J.D. Nicholsen

Candice 'Candy' Wilson, Miss U.S.A.

Polly Shannon

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