Plot

Cast

• Jon Favreau
  Jon Favreau
  Jonathan Kolia "Jon" Favreau is an American actor, screenwriter, film director and comedian. As an actor, he is best known for his roles in Rudy, Swingers , Very Bad Things, and The Break-Up. His notable directorial efforts include Elf, Iron Man and its sequel, and Cowboys & Aliens...
  
   as Rocky Marciano
  Rocky Marciano
  Rocky Marciano , born Rocco Francis Marchegiano, was an American boxer and the heavyweight champion of the world from September 23, 1952, to April 27, 1956. Marciano is the only champion to hold the heavyweight title and go undefeated throughout his career. Marciano defended his title six times...
  
  
• Penelope Ann Miller
  Penelope Ann Miller
  Penelope Ann Miller , sometimes credited as Penelope Miller, is an American actress...
  
   as Barbara Cousins
• Judd Hirsch
  Judd Hirsch
  Judd Hirsch is an American actor most known for playing Alex Rieger on the television comedy series Taxi, John Lacey on the NBC series Dear John, and Alan Eppes on the CBS series Numb3rs.-Early life and education:...
  
   as Al Weill
  Al Weill
  Armand "Al" Weill was a boxing manager. He managed four world champions Rocky Marciano, Marty Servo, Lou Ambers, Joey Archibald and several other boxers. He moved to the United States from his birthplace of France at the age of 13, where he eventually began his career.-References:*...
  
  
• Tony Lo Bianco
  Tony Lo Bianco
  Tony Lo Bianco is an American actor in films and television.Lo Bianco was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of a taxi driver. He is known for his roles in the cult films The Honeymoon Killers, God Told Me To, and The French Connection...
  
   as Frankie Carbo
  Frankie Carbo
  Paul John Carbo better known as "Frankie Carbo" was a New York City Mafia soldier in the Lucchese crime family, who operated as a boxing promoter and a gunman with Murder, Inc....
  
  
• Duane Davis
  Duane Davis
  Duane Davis, the son of NFL Hall of Fame defensive end Willie Davis, is an American actor who has been in such films as Ghosts of Mars and Paparazzi. He played Joe Louis in a made-for-TV movie about Rocky Marciano, James "Buster" Douglas in the HBO original movie Tyson and as ESU football star...
  
   as Joe Louis
  Joe Louis
  Joseph Louis Barrow , better known as Joe Louis, was the world heavyweight boxing champion from 1937 to 1949. He is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweights of all time...
  
  
• Rino Romano
  Rino Romano
  Rino Romano is a Canadian voice actor who has portrayed Batman in the animated series The Batman, Spider-Man in Spider-Man Unlimited, and Tuxedo Mask in the English dub of the anime Sailor Moon...
  
   as Allie Colombo
• George C. Scott
  George C. Scott
  George Campbell Scott was an American stage and film actor, director and producer. He was best known for his stage work, as well as his portrayal of General George S. Patton in the film Patton, and as General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's Dr...
  
   as Pierino Marchegiano
• Rhoda Gemignani
  Rhoda Gemignani
  Rhoda Gemignani is an actress, primarily known for her role as Mrs. Rossini in in the American television sitcom Who's the Boss?...
  
   as Pasquelina Marchegiano
• Aron Tager
  Aron Tager
  Aron Tager is an American actor and artist.- Background :As an artist, Tager has had numerous exhibitions of his work and has sculptures installed at the following locations: Mount Anthony Union High School, Bennington, VT; Shaftsbury Elementary School, VT; Delaware County Community College,...
  
   as Charley Goldman
• Noah Danby
  Noah Danby
  Noah Dalton Danby is a Canadian film and television actor. He is best known for portraying Connor King on the series Painkiller Jane.-Life:...
  
   as Carmine Vingo
• Gil Filar
  Gil Filar
  Gilbert Paul "Gil" Filar is a Canadian actor and magician. He is known for his voice of Fox on the first three seasons of Franklin. He is also the brother of Maia Filar, who voiced Pheobe in The Magic School Bus.-External links:...
  
   as Young Rocky
• Jerome Silvano as Young Allie
• Carmela Albero as Mrs. Vingo
• Conrad Bergschneider as Guard
• J. Winston Carroll as Murphy
• Jeff Clarke as Brockton Eddie
• Lauren Collins
  Lauren Collins
  Lauren Felice Collins is a Canadian actress that is perhaps best known for portraying Paige Michalchuk on Degrassi: The Next Generation.-Life and career:...
  
   as Mary Anne
• Natasha Debellis as Rocky's Sister
• Reg Dreger as TV Announcer
• Richard Fitzpatrick
  Richard FitzPatrick
  General Richard FitzPatrick , styled The Honourable from birth, was an Anglo-Irish soldier, wit, poet, Whig politician and ‘sworn brother’ of the illustrious statesman of Charles James Fox...
  
   as Commentator
• Dean Hagopian as News Reporter
• Gavin Heffernan
  Gavin Heffernan
  Gavin Heffernan is a Canadian independent filmmaker, known primarily for his microbudget feature Expiration, his award-winning experimental films, and most recently, his involvement with the film of The Doors co-founder Ray Manzarek's book "The Poet in Exile", a tale of rock legend Jim Morrison...
  
   as Boisterous Kid
• Howard Jerome as Madison Square Garden Ring Referee
• John Kalbhenn
  John Kalbhenn
  John Kalbhenn is a retired boxer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California...
  
   as Palisades Referee
• Marvin Kaye
  Marvin Kaye
  Marvin Nathan Kaye is an American mystery, fantasy, science fiction, and horror author and editor. He has also edited numerous horror anthologies, such as H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror and Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine...
  
   as Hand Worker
• Barry Kennedy as Bomber Jacket Pilot
• Christopher Kentebe as Sparring partner
• Bill Lake
  Bill Lake
  Bill Lake is a Canadian actor whose career began in Vancouver and who has appeared in many movies, television movies and series, stage plays and commercials....
  
   as Pilot
• Robert Latimer
  Robert Latimer
  Robert William "Bob" Latimer , a Canadian canola and wheat farmer, was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of his daughter Tracy . This case sparked a national controversy on the definition and ethics of euthanasia as well as the rights of people with disabilities, and led to two...
  
   as TV Producer
• Shawn Lawrence as Irish Worker
• John Liddle as Wellwisher
• Gordon Lusby as Lee Epperson
• Christopher Marren as Young Pilot
• Gino Marrocco as Wellwisher
• Ray Marsh as Announcer Epperson Fight
• Kenneth McGregor as Foreman
• Gerry Mendicino
  Gerry Mendicino
  Gerry Mendicino is a Canadian actor.Throughout his career he has been able to play various and versatile characters. He began on the television series King of Kensington and went on to host the popular Polka Dot Door show. He played the role of Sam Ramone in the hit television series Ready or Not...
  
   as Emcee
• Sandra Nelson
  Sandra Nelson
  Sandra Nelson Winkler is an American actress. She is best known as the second actress to play the role of Phyllis Romalotti on The Young and the Restless from 1997 to early 1999.Nelson's other credits include guest roles:*Monk as Dr Jackman*Without a Trace as Stephanie...
  
   as Screaming Woman
• Jack Newman as Doc
• James O'Regan as Clerk
• Panou
  Panou
  Panou is a Canadian actor.His birth-name translates to 'God Among Us' in his native Creole. He is 5'11". His first feature film was Trial of a Serial Killer in 1997; he has since had roles in such film projects as Steal This Movie! , the independent feature Fizzy Bizness, and the feature film The...
  
   as Orderly
• Jill Riley as Wellwisher
• Wayne Robson
  Wayne Robson
  Wayne Robson was a Canadian television, film and stage actor best known for playing the part of Mike Hamar, an ex-convict and sometime thief, on the Canadian sitcom The Red Green Show from 1993 to 2006, as well as in the 2002 film Duct Tape Forever.Robson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia...
  
   as Lou Ambers
  Lou Ambers
  Luigi Giuseppe d'Ambrosio , aka Lou Ambers, was a lightweight boxer who fought from 1932 to 1941.Managed by Al Weill and trained by Charley Goldman, the "Herkimer Hurricane", as he was known, began his career losing only once in more than three years when he faced future hall of fame lightweight...
  
  
• David Roemmele as Young Brockton Eddie
• Ed Sahely
  Ed Sahely
  Ed Sahely is a Canadian actor who is best remembered for his role as Possum Lake business entrepreneur Murray Woolworth on the second season of The Red Green Show.-Career:...
  
   as Announcer

Awards and nominations

• 1999: Won, "Best Cinematography in TV Drama"

• 2000: Nominated, "Best Sound Editing - Television Movies and Specials - Effects & Foley"