MOVIE
Over the Top
Some fight for money... Some fight for glory... He's fighting for his son's love.
Lincoln Hawk a hard-luck big-rig trucker takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the first-place prize money, and the love of the son he abandoned years earlier into the keeping of his rich, ruthless father-in-law.
ERA & CONTEXT
Over the Top in its release era
Released in 1987, Over the Top sits inside the 1980s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 1987-02-13
- Rating
- PG
- TMDB score
- 6.5/10
- Original language
- EN
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United States of America
- Studio
- The Cannon Group, Warner Bros. Pictures, Golan-Globus Productions
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