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The Featherweight

Willie Pep has had 231 fights. What's one more?

5.1

1h 39m

2023

“Willie Pep has had 231 fights. What's one more?”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Robert Kolodny

Trailer

Drama

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Cast & Crew

James Madio

James Madio

as Guglielmo Papaleo (Willie Pep)

Ruby Wolf

Ruby Wolf

as Linda Papaleo

Keir Gilchrist

Keir Gilchrist

as Billy Papaleo Jr.

Stephen Lang

Stephen Lang

as Bill Gore

Ron Livingston

Ron Livingston

as Bob Kaplan

Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

as Sandy Saddler

Shari Albert

Shari Albert

as Fran Papaleo

Imma Aiello

Imma Aiello

as Mama Papaleo

Frank John Hughes

Frank John Hughes

as Mike Marino

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