Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier (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.
- Released
- 1980-12-07
- Genres
- Action, Drama, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Rob Lieberman
- TMDB rating
- 5.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Robert Urich as Rocky Bleier
- Bonnie Bedelia as Aleta
- Art Carney as Art Rooney
- Richard Herd as Chuck Knoll
- Howard Cosell as Howard Cosell
- Steve Tannen as Terry Hanratty
- Bubba Smith as Jacobs
- Simone Griffeth as Marcy
- Sandy McPeak as Bob Bleier
- Dennis Howard as Ken
- Joe Spano as Captain Murphy
- Peggy McCay as Ellen Bleier