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Rocky

7.8

Released November 20, 1976Runtime 2h 0min

His whole life was a million-to-one shot.

An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Winkler Films

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $1,000,000
Revenue: $225,253,184
Profit/Loss: $224,253,184

Stream

Rent

Buy

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Cast

Sylvester StalloneRobert 'Rocky' Balboa

Talia ShireAdrianna 'Adrian' Pennino

Burt YoungPaulie Pennino

Carl WeathersApollo Creed

Burgess MeredithMickey Goldmill

Thayer DavidGeorge 'Miles' Jergens

Joe SpinellTony Gazzo

Jimmy GambinaMike

Bill BaldwinFight Announcer

Al SilvaniCut Man

George MemmoliIce Rink Attendant

Jodi LetiziaMarie

Diana LewisTV Commentator

George O'HanlonTV Commentator

Larry CarrollTV Interviewer

Stan ShawDipper

Don ShermanBartender

Billy SandsClub Fight Announcer

Pedro LovellClub Fighter

DeForest CovanApollo's Corner

Simmy BowClub Corner Man

Tony BurtonTony "Duke" Evers

Hank RolikeApollo Corner Man

Shirley O'HaraSecretary

Kathleen ParkerPaulie's Date

Frank Stallone Jr.Streetcorner Singer

Lloyd KaufmanDrunk

Jane Marla RobbinsOwner of Pet Shop

Jack HollanderFats

Joe SorbelloBodyguard

Christopher AvildsenChiptooth

Frankie VanClub Fight Referee

Lou FillipoChampionship Fight Announcer

Paris EagleFighter

Frank Stallone Sr.Timekeeper

Robert L. TangreaStreetcorner Singer

Peter GlassbergStreetcorner Singer

William E. RingStreetcorner Singer

Joseph C. GiambellucStreetcorner Singer

Joe FrazierHimself

Michael DornApollo Creed's Bodyguard (uncredited)

Arnold JohnsonSpectator (uncredited)

Stu NahanFight Commentator (uncredited)

Frank PesceSpectator (uncredited)

Lavelle RobyMary Anne Creed (uncredited)

Arthur ToveyReporter (uncredited)

John PleshetteAftershave Commercial Director (uncredited)

Butkus StalloneDog

Crew

John G. AvildsenDirector

Bonnie PrendergastScript Supervisor

Steve PerryAssistant Director

Fred T. GalloAssistant Director

Charles ZiarkoFirst Assistant Director

Sylvester StalloneScreenplay

Irwin WinklerProducer

Caro JonesCasting

Robert ChartoffProducer

Gene KirkwoodExecutive Producer

Ted SwansonProduction Manager

Hal W. PolaireExecutive In Charge Of Production

Dale BensonLocation Manager

Marge RowlandLocation Assistant

James CrabeDirector of Photography

James H. SpencerArt Direction

Joe TuleyMusic Editor

Scott ConradEditor

Harry W. TetrickSound Designer

Jimmy NickersonStunt Coordinator

Bill ContiOriginal Music Composer

Ray MolyneauxSet Decoration

Michael WestmoreMakeup Artist

William J. CassidyProduction Design

David NicholsOther

Richard HalseyEditor

Gene KearneyGrip

Ross A. MaehlElectrician

Janice HamptonAssistant Editor

Sylvester StalloneChoreographer

Geoffrey RowlandAssistant Editor

Steve SayreAssociate Choreographer

Elliott MarksStill Photographer

Gene LeBellStunts

Bob HerronStunts

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Reviews

by GenerationofSwine

This was the ultimate Rocky story wasn't it? It was inspiring with the training, it was inspiring with the fight, and it was about the characters and the characters are what makes a great story. The down side was Creed, he was a little under-developed in this wasn't he? They make up for it in...

Rocky is an inspiring story about an ordinary man who takes advantage of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I do have to say, the movie has a rocky beginning, as the dialogue is pretty clunky and awkward at times. But after about twenty minutes, the movie really gets into its groove and had me lo...

Sylvester Stallone is "Rocky", an enforcer for a small-time Philadelphia mobster who works out in Burgess Meredith's gym ("Mickey's") and is keen on the sister of his friend "Paulie" (Burt Young), the shy and retiring "Adrian" (Talia Shire). Meantime, World Heavyweight Champion "Apollo Creed" (Carl...