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The Featherweight

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

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.

Top Cast

  • James Madio

    James Madio

    Guglielmo Papaleo (Willie Pep)

  • Ruby Wolf

    Ruby Wolf

    Linda Papaleo

  • Keir Gilchrist

    Keir Gilchrist

    Billy Papaleo Jr.

  • Stephen Lang

    Stephen Lang

    Bill Gore

  • Ron Livingston

    Ron Livingston

    Bob Kaplan

  • Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

    Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

    Sandy Saddler

  • Shari Albert

    Shari Albert

    Fran Papaleo

  • Imma Aiello

    Imma Aiello

    Mama Papaleo

  • Frank John Hughes

    Frank John Hughes

    Mike Marino

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.

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