The Featherweight

Name: The Featherweight
Cast: James Madio, Ruby Wolf, Keir Gilchrist, Stephen Lang, Ron Livingston

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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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Cast & Crew

Director: Robert KolodnyWriter: Steve LoffProducers: Abhay Deol, Asger Hussain, Bennett Elliott, Brian Liebman, James Madio, Steve James

James Madio

as Guglielmo Papaleo (Willie Pep)

Ruby Wolf

as Linda Papaleo

Keir Gilchrist

as Billy Papaleo Jr.

Stephen Lang

as Bill Gore

Ron Livingston

as Bob Kaplan

Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

as Sandy Saddler

Shari Albert

as Fran Papaleo

Imma Aiello

as Mama Papaleo

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