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The Main Event
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
- Overview
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Status
Released
Release Date
Jun 22, 1979
Runtime
1h 52m
Genres
Comedy, Romance
User Score
52%
Original Title
The Main Event
Production Companies
Barwood Films, Warner Bros. Pictures, First Artists
Director
Howard Zieff
Revenue
$44,800,000
Description
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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