Body Slam
Body Slam
Body Slam
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1986
1h 29m
4.8(22 votes)
Comedy
Music

Overview

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.

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Cast & Crew

27 members
Acting

Dirk Benedict

M. Harry Smilac

Dirk Benedict
Acting

Tanya Roberts

Candace Vandervagen

Tanya Roberts
Acting

Roddy Piper

Quick Rick Roberts

Roddy Piper
Acting

Louis Albano

Capt. Lou Murano

Louis Albano
Acting

Barry Gordon

Sheldon Brockmeister

Barry Gordon
Acting

Charles Nelson Reilly

Vic Carson

Charles Nelson Reilly
Acting

Billy Barty

Tim McClusky

Billy Barty
Acting

John Astin

Scotty

John Astin
Acting

Sydney Lassick

Shapiro

Sydney Lassick
Acting

John Fujioka

Mr. Kim

John Fujioka
Acting

Kellie Martin

Missy Roberts

Kellie Martin
Acting

M.G. Kelly

TV Interviewer

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Acting

Sam Fatu

Tonga Tom (as The Tonga Kid)

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Acting

Sione Vailahi

Axe the Cannibal (as The Barbarian - Sione Vailahi)

Sione Vailahi
Acting

Tom Kasat

Hammer the Cannibal (as Tijoe Khan)

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Bruno Sammartino

Himself

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Acting

Ric Flair

Himself

Ric Flair
Acting

Freddie Blassie

Himself

Freddie Blassie
Acting

Adnan Al-Kaissie

Himself

No Image
Acting

Sanford Clark

Wheelchair Man

Sanford Clark
Acting

Dennis Fimple

Elmo

Dennis Fimple
Acting

Leslee Bremmer

Girl in Bikini

Leslee Bremmer
Acting

Afa Anoa'i

The Samoans

Afa Anoa'i
Acting

Sika Anoa'i

The Samoans

Sika Anoa'i
Acting

Jay Johnstone

Himself

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Acting

Chick Hearn

Booth Announcer / Himself

Chick Hearn
Acting

Michel Lamarche

The Mad Russian

Michel Lamarche

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