Tough Enough (1983 film)
1983 film by Richard Fleischer
- Dennis Quaid
- Stan Shaw
- Carlene Watkins
- Pam Grier
- Warren Oates
- Eli Cummins
Steve Wax
Release date
- March 25, 1983 (1983-03-25)
Running time
Tough Enough is a 1983 American romantic drama sports film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Dennis Quaid, Pam Grier, Warren Oates (in his final film appearance) and Stan Shaw.[3]
Plot synopsis
A down-on-his-luck country & western singer from Fort Worth enters a "toughman" competition to help pay his family's bills. Surprisingly, he does well against the other fighters and wins enough matches to qualify for a national championship. An unexpected break forces him to choose between his passion for his music career and his new-found success.
Cast
- Dennis Quaid as Art Long
- Warren Oates as James Neese
- Stan Shaw as Coolidge
- Pam Grier as Myra
- Carlene Watkins as Caroline
- Wilford Brimley as Bill Long
- Steve "Monk" Miller as Tigran Baldasarian
- Big John Hamilton as Big John
- Eli Cummings as Gay Bob
- 2nd Detroit Referee Robert "Bobby" Watson
See also
References
- ^ "AFI|Catalog".
- ^ Tough Enough at Box Office Mojo
- ^ Maslin, Janet (May 27, 1983). "Tough Enough (1983) 'TOUGH ENOUGH,' PROVING IT BY BOXING". The New York Times.
External links
- Tough Enough at IMDb
- Tough Enough at Rotten Tomatoes
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Films directed by Richard Fleischer
- Child of Divorce (1946)
- Banjo (1947)
- Design for Death (1947)
- So This Is New York (1948)
- Bodyguard (1948)
- The Clay Pigeon (1949)
- Follow Me Quietly (1949)
- Make Mine Laughs (1949)
- Trapped (1949)
- Armored Car Robbery (1950)
- The Narrow Margin (1952)
- The Happy Time (1952)
- Arena (1953)
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
- Violent Saturday (1955)
- The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)
- Bandido (1956)
- Between Heaven and Hell (1956)
- The Vikings (1958)
- Compulsion (1959)
- These Thousand Hills (1959)
- Crack in the Mirror (1960)
- The Big Gamble (1961)
- Barabbas (1961)
- Fantastic Voyage (1966)
- Doctor Dolittle (1967)
- The Boston Strangler (1968)
- Che! (1969)
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
- 10 Rillington Place (1971)
- The Last Run (1971)
- See No Evil (1971)
- The New Centurions (1972)
- Soylent Green (1973)
- The Don Is Dead (1973)
- The Spikes Gang (1974)
- Mr. Majestyk (1974)
- Mandingo (1975)
- The Incredible Sarah (1976)
- The Prince and the Pauper (1977)
- Ashanti (1979)
- The Jazz Singer (1980)
- Tough Enough (1983)
- Amityville 3-D (1983)
- Conan the Destroyer (1984)
- Red Sonja (1985)
- Million Dollar Mystery (1987)
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