Movie
Body Slam
Released: November 21, 1986 (1986)
Runtime: 89 minutes
Genres: Comedy, Music
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Sydney Lassick as Shapiro
Age at release: 64
- Billy Barty as Tim McClusky
Age at release: 62
- John Fujioka as Mr. Kim
Age at release: 61
- John Astin as Scotty
Age at release: 56
- Charles Nelson Reilly as Vic Carson
Age at release: 55
- Louis Albano as Capt. Lou Murano
Age at release: 53
- Dirk Benedict as M. Harry Smilac
Age at release: 41
- Tanya Roberts as Candace Vandervagen
Age at release: 37
- Barry Gordon as Sheldon Brockmeister
Age at release: 37
- Roddy Piper as Quick Rick Roberts
Age at release: 32
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- Chick Hearn as Booth Announcer / Himself
Age at release: 69
- Freddie Blassie as Himself
Age at release: 68
- Bruno Sammartino as Himself
Age at release: 51
- Adnan Al-Kaissie as Himself
Age at release: 50
- Dennis Fimple as Elmo
Age at release: 46
- Afa Anoa'i as The Samoans
Age at release: 44
- Sika Anoa'i as The Samoans
Age at release: 41
- Michel Lamarche as The Mad Russian
Age at release: 39
- Ric Flair as Himself
Age at release: 37
- Sione Vailahi as Axe the Cannibal (as The Barbarian - Sione Vailahi)
Age at release: 28
- Sam Fatu as Tonga Tom (as The Tonga Kid)
Age at release: 21
- Leslee Bremmer as Girl in Bikini
Age at release: 21
- Kellie Martin as Missy Roberts
Age at release: 11
- M.G. Kelly as TV Interviewer
Age at release: Unknown
- Tom Kasat as Hammer the Cannibal (as Tijoe Khan)
Age at release: Unknown
- Sanford Clark as Wheelchair Man
Age at release: Unknown
- Jay Johnstone as Himself
Age at release: Unknown