<< Return to previous page

Made soon after his phenomenal success in Rocky, Sylvester Stallone is fighting the odds again, this time in the wrestling ring. As Cosmo Carboni, Sly and his two brothers dream of getting out of New York's Hell's Kitchen (circa 1946) and into the big time. The exit signs point to Paradise Alley, a sleazy private club where the floorshow consists of raucous wrestling matches with big purses. Smooth-talking Cosmo sees his beef-cake brother Victor as their ticket out of the slums, and with brother Lenny, an embittered war veteran, convinces the big-fisted Victor to compete in a series of bone-crunching wrestling matches. But their rapid rise to success is halted when local gangster Stitch (Kevin Conway) puts up his malicious and dangerous wrestler Frankie the Thumper (Terry Funk) to fight Victor in a 22-round winner-take-all bout.

Director:

Sylvester Stallone [9],

Starring:

Sylvester Stallone [46], Kevin Conway [17], Joe Spinell [4], Anne Archer [22],

Screen Formats:

Widescreen 1.78:1

Subtitles:

English

Language and Sound:

English Mono

Members get full screen trailers, critic reviews, member reviews and more.

• Sign up for a free trial