The 500 Pound Jerk (1973)
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.
- Released
- 1973-01-02
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 73 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- William Kronick
- TMDB rating
- 10.0/10 from 1 votes
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 as Lermontov
- Ralf Wolter as Glabov
- John Akii-Bua as John Akii-Bua (uncredited)
- Heide Rosendahl as Heide Rosendahl (uncredited)
- Günter Zahn as Günter Zahn (uncredited)