Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier

Duration: 95 min

Release date: 1980-12-07

IMDB

Based on Bleier's 1975 autobiography of the same name, it tells the story of how, after becoming a running back for the Steelers in 1968, he was then drafted by the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.

Action Drama TV Movie

Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier

Casting arrow_drop_down

as Rocky Bleier

as Howard Cosell

as Terry Hanratty

Simone Griffeth

Simone Griffeth

as Captain Murphy

as Ellen Bleier

Enrique Castillo

Enrique Castillo

as Carlos Martinez

as Assistant Coach

as Business Manager

Lynn Philip Seibel

Lynn Philip Seibel

Bernie McInerney

Bernie McInerney

Heshimu Cumbuka

Heshimu Cumbuka

Stacy Keach, Sr.

Stacy Keach, Sr.

as Draft Board Chairman

as Sportswriter #1

as Sportswriter #2

as Receptionist

Stephanie Hankinson

Stephanie Hankinson

Anthony Anderson

Anthony Anderson

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

Bennie Cunningham

Bennie Cunningham

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

Derrick Glasper

Derrick Glasper

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

John Stallworth

John Stallworth

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

Sidney Thornton

Sidney Thornton

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

as Self - Steeler Player

Dwayne Woodruff

Dwayne Woodruff

as Self - Steeler Player

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Crew arrow_drop_down

Maurice Welsh Gable

Maurice Welsh Gable

Executive Producer

Director of Photography

A. David Marshall

A. David Marshall

Original Music Composer

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