The 500 Pound Jerk

0 %|Jan 2, 1973|Comedy, Drama, TV Movie

An advertising man's dream of turning a huge hillbilly into an Olympic weightlifting champion is set back when the hillbilly falls for a Russian gymnast.

Featured Crew

Neal Hefti

Music

James S. Henerson

Writer

Stan Margulies

Producer

Herbert Raditschnig

Director of Photography

William Kronick

Director

Otto Pischinger

Art Direction

David L. Wolper

Executive Producer

James T. Heckert

Editor

Cast

Gil Davenport

Hughie Rae Feather

Karen Walsh

Martin Bloore

Natalya

Mickey

Lermontov

Glabov

John Akii-Bua (uncredited)

Heide Rosendahl

Heide Rosendahl (uncredited)

Mark Spitz

Mark Spitz (uncredited)

Günter Zahn

Günter Zahn (uncredited)