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The Main Event

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Calorie Rating: 157
Released: 1979-06-22
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 112 Minutes
Revenue 44800000
Studios: Barwood Films, Warner Bros. Pictures, First Artists,


Hillary Kramer, a successful Perfume magnate, awakes one morning to find that her accountant has robbed her blind and left for South America. Going through all of her remaining assets she finds a boxer, purchased as a tax write-off. She decides to take Kid Natural, Eddie Scanlon, who is much more at home giving driving lessons, into the ring and use him as her key to riches. Eddie thinks this will only get him killed and resists.

Director / Directors

Pat Kehoe
First Assistant Director
Gary Daigler
First Assistant Director

Ed Milkovich
Second Assistant Director
Karen Hale Wookey
Script Supervisor


Cast

Barbra Streisand
Character: Hillary Kramer
Ryan O'Neal
Character: Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon
Paul Sand
Character: David

Whitman Mayo
Character: Percy
Patti D'Arbanville
Character: Donna
Chu Chu Malave
Character: Luis

Richard Lawson
Character: Hector Mantilla
James Gregory
Character: Gough
Richard Altman
Character: Tour Guide

Seth Banks
Character: Newsman
Lindsay Bloom
Character: Girl In Bed
Earl Boen
Character: Nose - Kline

Roger Bowen
Character: Owner Sinthia Cosmetics
Badja Djola
Character: Heavyweight In Gym
Rory Calhoun
Character: Fighter In Kid's Camp

Sue Casey
Character: Brenda
Alvin Childress
Character: Man In Gym
Kristine DeBell
Character: Lucy

Al Denava
Character: Gomez
Rene Dijon
Character: Nose - Moss
Shay Duffin
Character: Fight Announcer

Murphy Dunne
Character: Mario
Art Evans
Character: Fighter
Ron Henriquez
Character: Fighter

Anthony Renya
Character: Fighter
Maurice Sneed
Character: Fighter
Lee Harman
Character: Newsman

Vic Heutschy
Character: Newsman
Ernie Hudson
Character: Killer
David Ketchum
Character: Photographer

Jimmy Lennon Sr.
Character: Announcer
Len Lesser
Character: Trainer At Big Bear
Eddie 'El Annimal' Lopez
Character: Boxer At Kid's Camp

Gilda Marx
Character: Exercise Teacher
Denver Mattson
Character: Referee
Bill Phillips Murry
Character: Mantilla's Cornerman

Brent Musburger
Character: T. V. Show Host
Robert Nadder
Character: Nose - Bean
Harvey Parry
Character: Referee In Long Beach

John Reilly
Character: Alan Crane
Tim Rossovich
Character: Cannibal
Jack Somack
Character: Murry

Richard Steele
Character: Boxer In Kid's Camp
Karen Hale Wookey
Character: Newswoman
Darrell Zwerling
Character: Sheldon

Dennis Falt
Character: Ringside Reporter (uncredited)
Luther Fear
Character: Fight Fan (uncredited)
Ralph Gambina
Character: Trainer (uncredited)

Raven Grey Eagle
Character: Man (uncredited)
Jack Griffin
Character: Boxing Coach (uncredited)
Roslyn Kind
Character: Aerobics Class Dancer (uncredited)

Monty O'Grady
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Leoda Richards
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Rick Sawaya
Character: Fighting Cop (uncredited)

Jack Slate
Character: Man at Gym (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Gail Parent
Screenplay
Andrew Smith
Screenplay

Jon Peters
Producer
Mario Tosi
Director of Photography

Charles Rosen
Production Design
James W. Payne
Set Decoration
Renée Missel
Executive Producer

Jeff Werner
Associate Producer
Howard Rosenman
Executive Producer
Michael Melvoin
Original Music Composer

Ruth Myers
Costume Design
Karen Rea
Casting

Lee Harman
Makeup Artist
Kaye Pownall
Hairstylist

Joe Amsler
Stunt Double
Denver Mattson
Stunt Coordinator