Three Italian-American brothers, living in the slums of 1940's New York City, try to help each other with one's wrestling career using one brother's promotional skills and another brother's con-artist tactics to thwart a sleazy manager.
Sylvester Stallone
as Cosmo Carboni
Lee Canalito
as Victor Carboni
Armand Assante
as Lenny Carboni
Frank McRae
as Big Glory
Anne Archer
as Annie
Kevin Conway
as Stitch
Terry Funk
as Frankie the Thumper
Joyce Ingalls
as Bunchie
Joe Spinell
as Burp
Aimée Eccles
as Susan Chow
Tom Waits
as Mumbles
Chick Casey
as Doorman