A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after spending time with weightlifter Joe Santo and gym worker Mary Tate Farnsworth, Craig wants out of the deal. The property negotiations turn ugly, causing a brawl at the gym and a spectacle at a big bodybuilding meet, as Craig learns that it's not easy to turn your back on fair-weather friends.
Jeff Bridges
as Craig Blake
Sally Field
as Mary Tate Farnsworth
Arnold Schwarzenegger
as Joe Santo
R.G. Armstrong
as Thor Erickson
Robert Englund
as Franklin
Helena Kallianiotes
as Anita
Roger E. Mosley
as Newton
Woodrow Parfrey
as Uncle Albert
Scatman Crothers
as William
Kathleen Miller
as Dorothy Stephens
Fannie Flagg
as Amy
Joanna Cassidy
as Zoe
