"He's down but never out..."
M. Harry Smilac is a down-on-his-luck music manager who is having a hard time attracting talent and booking gigs for his band, Kicks (The most recent of the gigs is a Dairy Queen opening!!). When making arrangements for a campaign fund-raiser, he mistakes Rick Roberts, a professional wrestler, for a musician and hires him. At that moment he becomes a wrestling manager and starts to book matches for him and his teammate Tonga Tom. The team is a success, and Harry decides to take his wrestlers and his band on a "Rock n' Wrestling" tour. The tour is a success, and Harry feels what it is like to be a winner again.
Released in 1986, Body Slam is a comedy and music film from Musifilm Productions (United States of America). It was directed by Hal Needham and written by Steve Burkow and Shel Lytton. The cast is led by Dirk Benedict, Tanya Roberts, Roddy Piper, Louis Albano and Barry Gordon. With a runtime of 1h 29m, the film averages 5.1/10 across 25 TMDB ratings.
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