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Summary:
With a screenplay adapted by Leonard Gardner from his own novel, John Huston's drama examines the meager hopes and resigned dreams of small-time boxers. In limbo between retirement and his youthful prime, alcoholic farm laborer Tully (Stacy Keach) shacks up with fellow outcast Oma (Susan Tyrrell) and keeps trying to make a boxing comeback, but his personal demons repeatedly o... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Stacy Keach - (Tully)
Jeff Bridges - (Ernie Munger)
Susan Tyrrell - (Oma)
Candy Clark - (Faye)
Nicholas Colasanto - (Ruben)
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Review:
One of the masterpieces of Hollywood's last golden age, John Huston's Fat City is the kind of film studios wouldn't touch these days: a small-scale character study about unlucky men living on the margins. Set in a rundown California border town, the movie follows the trajectory of Tully (Stacy Keach), a farm laborer whose once-promising bo... Continue >>

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