The Featherweight

The Featherweight (2023)

Willie Pep has had 21 fights. What's one more?

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2023-09-03
  • User Rating: 5.1/10 from 8 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 39min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Appian Way
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Robert Kolodny
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Summary

Set in 1964, a camera crew follows Willie Pep, retired featherweight boxing champion. Down and out in Hartford CT, married to a woman half his age and with a drug-addled son and mounting debts, Pep decides to make a return to the ring.

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  • James Madio

    as Guglielmo Papaleo (Willie Pep)

  • Ruby Wolf

    as Linda Papaleo

  • Keir Gilchrist

    as Billy Papaleo Jr.

  • Stephen Lang

    as Bill Gore

  • Ron Livingston

    as Bob Kaplan

  • Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

    as Sandy Saddler

  • Shari Albert

    as Fran Papaleo

  • Imma Aiello

    as Mama Papaleo

  • Frank John Hughes

    as Mike Marino

  • Michael Siberry

    as Bill Lee

  • Jeremy Luke

    as Rocky Marciano

  • Bruce Carrington

    as Goose

  • David Lavine

    as Karl Rierson

  • Louis Vanaria

    as Event Organizer

  • Patrick Murney

    as Don Dunphy

  • Gino Cafarelli

    as Harry Balogh

  • Delano Montgomery

    as Sam Hornsby

  • Jay Giannone

    as Gerard

  • Tony Bonsignore

    as Tony

  • David Gere

    as Television Director

  • Gordon Silva

    as Salvatore Papaleo

  • Kevin Daigneault

    as Doctor

  • Kent R. Williams

    as Curly
Sound Retail Space Music
Production Sonia Foltarz Production Designer
Sound Max Cooke Sound
Editing Robert Greene Editor
Costume & Make-Up Naomi Wolff Lachter Costume Designer
Production Steve Loff Producer
Production Mike McGuirk Co-Producer
Production Kimberly Graham Casting Director
Production James Madio Producer
Writing Steve Loff Writer
Production Brian Liebman Producer
Directing Robert Kolodny Director
Production Asger Hussain Producer
Production Abhay Deol Executive Producer
Production Steve James Executive Producer
Costume & Make-Up Erica Ensminger Key Makeup Artist
Production Bennett Elliott Producer
Production Gerry Pass Co-Executive Producer
Costume & Make-Up Ray Cintron Makeup Department Head
Crew Adam Kolodny Cinematography
Costume & Make-Up Stephanie Lyn Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Stephanie Lyn Hairstylist
Production Mark Thompson Location Production Assistant
Lighting Jim Vitale Electrician

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