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The Prize Fighter is a american film of genre Comedy released in USA on 2 november 1979 with Don Knotts

The Prize Fighter (1979)

The Prize Fighter
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Released in USA 2 november 1979
Length 1h39
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Crime
Rating56% 2.806382.806382.806382.806382.80638

The Prize Fighter is an American comedy film starring Tim Conway and Don Knotts. Directed by Michael Preece, it was written by Tim Conway and John Myhers, based on a story by Conway. It was released by New World Pictures in November 1979.

Synopsis

Set in the 1930s, Tim Conway is Bags, an underdog boxer and Don Knotts as his dim-witted sidekick/manager Shake are out to save a gym and become stooges for a gangster (Robin Clarke) who decides to take advantage of the two losers: he sets Bags up for a big championship match against a bruiser nicknamed "The Butcher" (Michael LaGuardia). At stake is more than the one-sided match, the duo's friend Pop Morgan (David Wayne) has bet all he has on Bags; he needs money to save his gym from the clutches of the gangster.

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