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The Featherweight

Movie"Willie Pep has had 21 fights. What's one more?"
Audience Score
49
The Featherweight
NR 1 hr 39 minDrama
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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.
StarringJames MadioRuby WolfKeir Gilchrist
DirectorRobert Kolodny
WriterSteve Loff

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Abhay Deol, Steve James
Production Companies:Appian Way, Golden Ratio Films, Pep Films, Blisspoint Entertainment, Connecticut Public Television
The Featherweight on the Web:Official Website