The 500 Pound Jerk (1973)
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.
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James Franciscus
as Gil Davenport
as Gil Davenport
Alex Karras
as Hughie Rae Feather
as Hughie Rae Feather
Hope Lange
as Karen Walsh
as Karen Walsh
Howard Cosell
as Howard Cosell
as Howard Cosell
Victor Spinetti
as Martin Bloore
as Martin Bloore
Claudia Butenuth
as Natalya
as Natalya
Rick Parsé
as Mickey
as Mickey
Heinz Viertaler
as Lermontov
as Lermontov
Ralf Wolter
as Glabov
as Glabov
John Akii-Bua
as John Akii-Bua (uncredited)
as John Akii-Bua (uncredited)
Heide Rosendahl
as Heide Rosendahl (uncredited)
as Heide Rosendahl (uncredited)
Mark Spitz
as Mark Spitz (uncredited)
as Mark Spitz (uncredited)
Günter Zahn
as Günter Zahn (uncredited)
as Günter Zahn (uncredited)
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Neal Hefti
Music
Music
James S. Henerson
Writer
Writer
Stan Margulies
Producer
Producer
Herbert Raditschnig
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
William Kronick
Director
Director
Otto Pischinger
Art Direction
Art Direction
David L. Wolper
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
James T. Heckert
Editor
Editor
Walter Mayr
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Else Heckmann
Costume Design
Costume Design
Vladimir Vizner
Sound
Sound
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