Over the Top

Some fight for money... Some fight for glory... He's fighting for his son's love.

19871h 34mNo ratings yet

Action
Drama

Overview

Lincoln Hawk a hard-luck big-rig trucker takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the first-place prize money, and the love of the son he abandoned years earlier into the keeping of his rich, ruthless father-in-law.

Keywords

absurd
on the road
road trip
underdog
father son relationship
sports
father-in-law
bad father-in-law
truck
truck driver
eighteen wheeler
arm wrestling
semi truck

Details

Status: Released
Release date: February 13, 1987
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures,Cannon Group,Golan-Globus Productions,The Cannon Group
Cast: Sylvester Stallone,Robert Loggia,Susan Blakely,Rick Zumwalt,David Mendenhall,Chris McCarty,Terry Funk,Bob Beattie,Allan Graf,Magic Schwarzand 14 more
Director: Menahem Golan
Writer: Sylvester Stallone,Stirling Silliphant,David Engelbach,Gary Conway
Producer: Yoram Globus,Menahem Golan,James D. Brubaker
Cinematography: David Gurfinkel
Music: Giorgio Moroder
Budget: $25,000,000
Revenue: $16,057,580
IMDb: tt0093692