The 500 Pound Jerk

Overview

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.

Release date

Jan 2, 1973

Rating

0 / 10

Runtime

1 hours 13 minutes

Genres

Comedy
Drama
TV Movie

Cast

James Franciscus
As Gil Davenport
Alex Karras
As Hughie Rae Feather
Hope Lange
As Karen Walsh
Howard Cosell
As Howard Cosell
Victor Spinetti
As Martin Bloore
Claudia Butenuth
As Natalya
Rick Parsé
As Mickey
Heinz Viertaler
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As Lermontov
Ralf Wolter
As Glabov
John Akii-Bua
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As John Akii-Bua (uncredited)
Heide Rosendahl
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As Heide Rosendahl (uncredited)
Günter Zahn
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As Günter Zahn (uncredited)
Mark Spitz
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As Mark Spitz (uncredited)

Crew

William Kronick
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Role: Director
James S. Henerson
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Role: Writer
Stan Margulies
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Role: Producer
David L. Wolper
Role: Executive Producer
Neal Hefti
Role: Music
Herbert Raditschnig
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Role: Director of Photography
James T. Heckert
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Role: Editor
Otto Pischinger
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Role: Art Direction
Walter Mayr
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Role: Set Decoration
Else Heckmann
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Role: Costume Design
Vladimír Vízner
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Role: Sound