The Main Event (1979)
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Hillary Kramer, a successful Perfume magnate, awakes one morning to find that her accountant has robbed her blind and left for South America. Going through all of her remaining assets she finds a boxer, purchased as a tax write-off. She decides to take Kid Natural, Eddie Scanlon, who is much more at home giving driving lessons, into the ring and use him as her key to riches. Eddie thinks this will only get him killed and resists.
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Barbra StreisandHillary Kramer
Ryan O'NealEddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon
Paul SandDavid
Whitman MayoPercy
Patti D'ArbanvilleDonna
Chu Chu MalaveLuis
Richard LawsonHector Mantilla
James GregoryGoughRichard AltmanTour Guide
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Hillary Kramer, a successful Perfume magnate, awakes one morning to find that her accountant has robbed her blind and left for South America. Going through all of her remaining assets she finds a boxer, purchased as a tax write-off. She decides to take Kid Natural, Eddie Scanlon, who is much more at home giving driving lessons, into the ring and use him as her key to riches. Eddie thinks this will only get him killed and resists.
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The Main Event has a runtime of 112 minutes.
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