Movie · EN · 1973

The 500 Pound Jerk

ComedyDramaTV Movie73 min

An advertising man's dream of turning a huge hillbilly into an Olympic weightlifting champion is set back when the hillbilly falls for a Russian gymnast.

Cast

James Franciscus

Gil Davenport

Alex Karras

Hughie Rae Feather

Hope Lange

Karen Walsh

Howard Cosell

Victor Spinetti

Martin Bloore

Claudia Butenuth

Natalya

Rick Parsé

Mickey

Heinz Viertaler

Lermontov

Ralf Wolter

Glabov

John Akii-Bua

John Akii-Bua (uncredited)

Heide Rosendahl

Heide Rosendahl (uncredited)

Günter Zahn

Günter Zahn (uncredited)

Mark Spitz

Mark Spitz (uncredited)