Body Slam
- Released on
- Runtime
- 89 mins
M. Harry Smilac is a down-on-his-luck music manager who is having a hard time attracting talent and booking gigs for his band, Kicks (The most recent of the gigs is a Dairy Queen opening!!). When making arrangements for a campaign fund-raiser, he mistakes Rick Roberts, a professional wrestler, for a musician and hires him. At that moment he becomes a wrestling manager and starts to book matches for him and his teammate Tonga Tom. The team is a success, and Harry decides to take his wrestlers and his band on a "Rock n' Wrestling" tour. The tour is a success, and Harry feels what it is like to be a winner again.
M. Harry Smilac is a down-on-his-luck music manager who is having a hard time attracting talent and booking gigs for his band, Kicks (The most recent of the gigs is a Dairy Queen opening!!). When making arrangements for a campaign fund-raiser, he mistakes Rick Roberts, a professional wrestler, for a musician and hires him. At that moment he becomes a wrestling manager and starts to book matches for him and his teammate Tonga Tom. The team is a success, and Harry decides to take his wrestlers and his band on a "Rock n' Wrestling" tour. The tour is a success, and Harry feels what it is like to be a winner again.
Cast
- Dirk Benedict
- Tanya Roberts
- Roddy Piper
- Louis Albano
- Barry Gordon
- Charles Nelson Reilly
- Billy Barty
- John Astin
- Sydney Lassick
- John Fujioka
- Kellie Martin
- M.G. Kelly
- Sam Fatu
- Sione Vailahi
- Tom Kasat
- Bruno Sammartino
- Ric Flair
- Freddie Blassie
- Adnan Al-Kassie
- Sanford Clark
- Dennis Fimple
- Leslee Bremmer
- Afa Anoa'i
- Sika Anoa'i
- Jay Johnstone
- Chick Hearn
- Michel Lamarche
Director
- Hal Needham
Producers
- Mike Curb
- Shel Lytton