The Featherweight (2023)

  • NR
  • 09/03/2023 (IT)
  • Drama
  • 1h 39m

Willie Pep has had 21 fights. What's one more?

Overview

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.

Steve Loff

Writer

Robert Kolodny

Director

Cast

James Madio's headshot

James Madio

Guglielmo Papaleo (Willie Pep)
Ruby Wolf's headshot

Ruby Wolf

Linda Papaleo
Keir Gilchrist's headshot

Keir Gilchrist

Billy Papaleo Jr.
Stephen Lang's headshot

Stephen Lang

Bill Gore
Ron Livingston's headshot

Ron Livingston

Bob Kaplan
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.'s headshot

Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

Sandy Saddler
Shari Albert's headshot

Shari Albert

Fran Papaleo
Imma Aiello's headshot

Imma Aiello

Mama Papaleo

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