--- title: 'Over the Top (1987)' type: 'film' director: 'Menahem Golan' released: '1987-01-01' runtime_minutes: 93 certification: 'PG' genres: - 'Drama' - 'Action' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/over-the-top-1987' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093692/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Over the Top (1987) 1987 · PG · 93 min · Drama, Action · United States ## Synopsis Over the Top is a 1987 American sports drama film that combines the emotional drama of a child custody hearing with arm wrestling. It stars Sylvester Stallone as Lincoln Hawk, a long-haul truck driver who tries to win back his estranged son Michael while becoming a champion arm wrestler. It was produced and directed by Menahem Golan, and its screenplay was written by Stirling Silliphant and Stallone. Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely, and David Mendenhall are among the supporting cast. ## Credits - **Screenplay:** [Sylvester Stallone](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvester-stallone), [Stirling Silliphant](https://cinepixo.com/people/stirling-silliphant) - **Director:** [Menahem Golan](https://cinepixo.com/people/menahem-golan) - **Producer:** [Menahem Golan](https://cinepixo.com/people/menahem-golan), [Yoram Globus](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoram-globus) - **Original Music Composer:** [Giorgio Moroder](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgio-moroder) - **Director of Photography:** [David Gurfinkel](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-gurfinkel) ## Cast - [Sylvester Stallone](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvester-stallone) - [Susan Blakely](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-blakely) - [Terry Funk](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-funk) - [Robert Loggia](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-loggia) - [Rick Zumwalt](https://cinepixo.com/people/rick-zumwalt) - [David Mendenhall](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-mendenhall) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/over-the-top-1987 Film facts: Wikidata (Q901148); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.