The Main Event

1979 PG 1h 52m 5.5

A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring - an idea her protégé isn't fond of.

Hillary Kramer, successful Perfume magnate awakes one morning to find that her accountant has robbed her blind and left for South America. Going through all of her remaining assets she finds a boxer, purchased as a tax write off. She decides to take Kid Natural, (Eddie Scanlon) who is much more at home giving driving lessons, into the ring and use him as her key to riches. Eddie thinks this will only get him killed and resists.

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Studio(s): Barwood Films, Warner Bros. Pictures

Originally Released: United States on Jun 22, 1979

Production Country: United States

Box Office Gross: $44,800,000.00

Budget: $6,000,000.00

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Sport

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