--- title: 'The Wrestler (1974)' type: 'film' director: 'James A. Westman' released: '1974-01-01' runtime_minutes: 95 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Action' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-wrestler-1974' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070930/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Wrestler (1974) 1974 · 95 min · Drama, Action · United States ## Synopsis The Wrestler is a 1974 independent film directed by Jim Westman, produced by professional wrestler Verne Gagne and W.R. Frank, starring Ed Asner as Frank Bass, a wrestling promoter. Verne Gagne also stars in the film as Mike Bullard, the current wrestling champion of his "league". After a long reign as champion, Bullard is getting older and feeling pressure from all sides, including his wife and wrestling promoters, to pass the championship to Billy Taylor and retire. Bullard's resistance to their requests that he step aside is the central conflict in the film. The film presents professional wrestling as a truly competitive sport, always maintaining the illusion that matches are a result of athletic combat and not pre-determined outcomes decided before the matches. ## Credits - **Director:** [James A. Westman](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-a-westman) - **Original Music Composer:** [William Loose](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-loose) ## Cast - [Ed Asner](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-asner) - [Ric Flair](https://cinepixo.com/people/ric-flair) - [Zarak](https://cinepixo.com/people/zarak) - [Superstar Billy Graham](https://cinepixo.com/people/superstar-billy-graham) - [Dusty Rhodes](https://cinepixo.com/people/dusty-rhodes) - [Pedro Morales](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-morales) - [Dick Murdoch](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-murdoch) - [Dory Funk Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/dory-funk-jr) - [Vince McMahon](https://cinepixo.com/people/vince-mcmahon) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-wrestler-1974 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3523445); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.