Stay Hungry (1976)

5.7/10 102 min Comedy Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Jeff Bridges

Craig Blake

Sally Field

Mary Tate Farnsworth

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Joe Santo

R.G. Armstrong

Thor Erickson

Robert Englund

Franklin

Helena Kallianiotes

Anita

Roger E. Mosley

Newton

Woodrow Parfrey

Uncle Albert

Scatman Crothers

William

Kathleen Miller

Dorothy Stephens

Fannie Flagg

Amy

Joanna Cassidy

Zoe

Richard Gilliland

Hal

Ed Begley Jr.

Lester

John David Carson

Halsey

Joe Spinell

Jabo

Dennis Fimple

Bubba

Garry Goodrow

Moe Zwick

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