Over the Top

Over the Top

93 mins | Drama, Action | Feb. 13, 1987

Sylvester Stallone stars as hard-luck big-rig trucker Lincoln Hawk and 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.

Over the Top

93 mins | Drama, Action | Feb. 13, 1987

Over the Top
Sylvester Stallone stars as hard-luck big-rig trucker Lincoln Hawk and 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.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions
Original title Over the Top
Directors Julie Pitkanen, Tom Davies, Menahem Golan, Josh McLaglen
Writers David Engelbach, Gary Conway, Sylvester Stallone, Stirling Silliphant

Cast

Sylvester Stallone

as Lincoln Hawk

Robert Loggia

as Jason Cutler

Susan Blakely

as Christina Hawk

Rick Zumwalt

as Bob "Bull" Hurley

David Mendenhall

as Michael Cutler/Michael Hawk

Chris McCarty

as Tim Salanger

Terry Funk

as Ruker

Bob Beattie

as Announcer

Allan Graf

as Collins

Magic Schwarz

as Smasher

Bruce Way

as John Grizzly

Jimmy Keegan

as Big Boy (Richie)

John Braden

as Colonel Davis

Tony Munafo

as Tony

Randy Raney

as Mad Dog Madison

Paul Sullivan

as Carl Adams

Jack Wright

as Big Bill Larson

Sam Scarber

as Harry Bosco

Richie Giachetti

as Landis

Michael Fox

as Jim Olson

Ross St. Phillip

as McBroom

Rose Dursey

as Hospital Clerk

Gregory Braendel

as Limo Driver