Over the Top

"Some fight for money... Some fight for glory... He's fighting for his son's love."

Feb 13 1987 PG 1h 33m
Action, Drama, Sport

Sylvester Stallone stars as hard-luck big-rig trucker Lincoln Hawk and 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.

Plot

Lincoln Hawk (Stallone) is a struggling trucker who arm wrestles on the side to make extra cash while trying to rebuild his life. After the death of his wife, he tries to make amends with his son who he left behind 10 years earlier. Upon their first meeting, his son does not think too highly of him until he enters the World Arm Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas. His hope is to receive the grand prize of $100,000 and an expensive current custom semi-truck and thus start his own trucking company.

Written by

Gary Conway, David Engelbach, Stirling Silliphant

Directed by

Menahem Golan

Cast

Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Golan-Globus Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures, Cannon Group

Languages

English

Awards

4 wins & 3 nominations

Trailers
Over the Top 1987 Trailer HD | Sylvester Stallone | Robert Loggia
Over the Top (1987) Original Trailer [FHD]
Over the Top ? 1987 ? Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
61,945
Average Rating
5.8 out of 10
Metascore
40
Popularity
NA