Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier

Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier

95 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Dec. 7, 1980

Based on Bleier's 1975 autobiography of the same name, it tells the story of how, after becoming a running back for the Steelers in 1968, he was then drafted by the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.

Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier

95 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Dec. 7, 1980

Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
Based on Bleier's 1975 autobiography of the same name, it tells the story of how, after becoming a running back for the Steelers in 1968, he was then drafted by the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers
Original title Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
Directors Rob Lieberman
Writers

Cast

Robert Urich

as Rocky Bleier

Bonnie Bedelia

as Aleta

Richard Herd

as Chuck Knoll

Art Carney

as Art Rooney