A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after spending time with weightlifter Joe Santo and gym worker Mary Tate Farnsworth, Craig wants out of the deal. The property negotiations turn ugly, causing a brawl at the gym and a spectacle at a big bodybuilding meet, as Craig learns that it's not easy to turn your back on fair-weather friends.
Verdict: Hit
> Bob Rafelson (Director)
> Victor J. Kemper (Director of Photography)
> Michael Haley (Assistant Director)
> Alan Hopkins (Second Assistant Director)
> Louis Race (Assistant Director Trainee)
> Charles Gaines (Novel)
> Bob Rafelson (Screenplay)
> Charles Gaines (Screenplay)
