Fat City

Fat City

1972 | 1h 24m | Drama, Sports | TV-14

Brief Synopsis

John Huston directs Stacy Keach and Jeff Bridges in this drama about two boxers at the opposite ends of their careers: between the beginning to the decline, they fight through each round of life, facing that failure is closer than success.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

John Huston

CAST

Stacy Keach

Jeff Bridges

Susan Tyrrell

Candy Clark

Nicholas Colasanto

PRODUCERS

John Huston

Ray Stark

WRITERS

Leonard Gardner

Host Intros

01:33
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Fat City (1972)
Intro Aired: Dec 2017
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Fat City, 1972.
01:38
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Fat City (1972)
Intro Aired: Sep 2017
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Fat City, 1972.

Related Videos

Fat City (1972) -- (Movie Clip) Bad News!
Clip
Sometime fighters Billy (Stacy Keach) and Ernie (Jeff Bridges) discuss love and boxing as they pick walnuts for pay in John Huston's Fat City, 1972, cinematography by Conrad Hall, shot at a farm outside Stockton, California.
Fat City (1972) -- (Movie Clip) Wanna Spar A Little?
Clip
Ex-pro Billy (Stacy Keach) and amateur Ernie (Jeff Bridges) size each other up with some sparring when they meet by chance at the Stockton, California YMCA, early in John Huston's Fat City, 1972.
Fat City (1972) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Help Me Make It Through The Night
Clip
Opening credits for John Huston's acclaimed Fat City, 1972 display an atmospheric Stockton, California and ex-fighter Billy (Stacy Keach) arising to Kris Kristofferson's recording of his composition "Help Me Make it Through the Night."
Fat City (1972) -- (Movie Clip) Four Sure Winners
Clip
Ruben (Nicholas Colasanto) is full of wisdom as he delivers Ernie (Jeff Bridges) and the under-age Buford (Wayne Mahan) to their first professional fights in John Huston's Fat City, 1972.

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