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The Featherweight

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.

2023 |1h 39m |  Drama

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Cast

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James Madio

Guglielmo Papaleo (Willie Pep)

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Ruby Wolf

Linda Papaleo

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Keir Gilchrist

Billy Papaleo Jr.

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Stephen Lang

Bill Gore

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Ron Livingston

Bob Kaplan

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Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

Sandy Saddler

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Shari Albert

Fran Papaleo

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Imma Aiello

Mama Papaleo

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Frank John Hughes

Mike Marino

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Michael Siberry

Bill Lee

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Jeremy Luke

Rocky Marciano

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Bruce Carrington

Goose

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David Lavine

Karl Rierson

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Louis Vanaria

Event Organizer

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Patrick Murney

Don Dunphy

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Gino Cafarelli

Harry Balogh

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Delano Montgomery

Sam Hornsby

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Jay Giannone

Gerard

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Tony Bonsignore

Tony

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Gordon Silva

Salvatore Papaleo

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Kent R. Williams

Curly

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Status

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Language

English

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