The 500 Pound Jerk
1h 13min

Comedy

Drama

TV Movie

An advertising man's dream of turning a huge hillbilly into an Olympic weightlifting champion is set back when the hillbilly falls for a Russian gymnast.

Cast

James Franciscus

Gil Davenport

Alex Karras

Hughie Rae Feather

Hope Lange

Karen Walsh

Howard Cosell

Victor Spinetti

Martin Bloore

Claudia Butenuth

Natalya

Rick Parsé

Mickey

Heinz Viertaler

Lermontov

Ralf Wolter

Glabov

John Akii-Bua

John Akii-Bua (uncredited)

Heide Rosendahl

Heide Rosendahl (uncredited)

Günter Zahn

Günter Zahn (uncredited)

Mark Spitz

Mark Spitz (uncredited)

Release date

2nd Jan 1973

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English

The 500 Pound Jerk1h 13min