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Gladiator is a american film of genre Drama directed by Rowdy Herrington released in USA on 6 march 1992 with Cuba Gooding Jr.

Gladiator (1992)

Gladiator
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Released in USA 6 march 1992
Length 1h41
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Action,    Adventure
Rating65% 3.265273.265273.265273.265273.26527

Gladiator is a 1992 American sports drama film directed by Rowdy Herrington, and starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., James Marshall, Brian Dennehy, and Robert Loggia. The film tells the story of two teenagers trapped in the world of illegal underground boxing. One is fighting to pay off gambling debts accumulated by his father. The second is fighting for the money to get out of the ghetto. While being exploited by a boxing promoter, the two teens become friends.

Synopsis

Tommy Riley and his father have just moved to start a new life. Tommy's father has accumulated many gambling debts but has found a new job that requires him to travel extensively, leaving his son alone at home. Tommy also has a hard time fitting in at school, having crossed gang members. He takes a job at a local diner and enters into a romantic relationship with Dawn, the daughter of the owner, but is jumped by the gang members outside the restaurant. Seeing how well Tommy is able to fight, a local boxing promoter by the name of Pappy Jack offers Tommy a chance to fight in an illegal underground boxing operation. When two men arrive announcing that Tommy's father owes a large sum of money to pay off gambling debts, Jack convinces his boss, boxing promoter Jimmy Horn to buy out the debt, which forces Tommy to pay off his father's debts by boxing.

Actors

Cuba Gooding Jr.

(Abraham Lincoln Haines)
James Marshall

(Tommy Riley)
Brian Dennehy

(Jimmy Horn)
Robert Loggia

(Pappy Jack)
Cara Buono

(Dawn)
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