The Featherweight

Willie Pep has had 231 fights. What's one more?

5.1
20231h 39m

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.

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Official Trailer

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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Shari Albert

Fran Papaleo

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Imma Aiello

Mama Papaleo

Photo of Jeremy Luke

Jeremy Luke

Rocky Marciano

Photo of David Lavine

David Lavine

Karl Rierson

Photo of Louis Vanaria

Louis Vanaria

Event Organizer

Photo of Patrick Murney

Patrick Murney

Don Dunphy

Photo of Gino Cafarelli

Gino Cafarelli

Harry Balogh

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David Gere

Television Director

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