Friday Night in the Coliseum (1972)
Friday Night in the Coliseum is a short film featuring wrestling performances recorded at the Sam Houston Coliseum, in Houston, Texas, along with interviews with audience members and wrestling promoter Paul Boesch. The film features many wrestlers who were well-known in Houston, including The Crusher, Nick Kozak, Red Bastien, Dory Funk, Stan Stasiak, Johnny Valentine, Thunderbolt Patterson and Wild Bull Curry. The creation of this film was supported by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, however, the film never aired on television.
- Released
- 1972-05-01
- Runtime
- 35 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Geoff Winningham, Jack York
Cast
- Paul Boesch as Self
- Harry Fujiwara as Mr. Fuji
- Nick Kozak as Nick Kozak
- Dean Ho as Dean Ho
- Bull Curry as Bull Curry
- Terry Funk as Terry Funk
- Dory Funk Sr. as Dory Funk Sr.
- Claude Patterson as Thunderbolt Patterson
- Rolland Bastien as Red Bastien
- Stan Stasiak as "The Crusher" Stan Stasiak
- John Wisniski Sr. as Johnny Valentine
- Boyd Pierce as Ring Announcer
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