Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate puts him in the ring with a world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it's his one shot at the big time — a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner!
- underdog
- philadelphia
- pennsylvania
- transporter
- love of one's life
- italian american
- sports
- fight
- independence
- publicity
- boxer
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Sylvester Stallone
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
Talia Shire
Adrianna 'Adrian' Pennino
Burt Young
Paulie Pennino
Carl Weathers
Apollo Creed
- Burgess Meredith — Mickey Goldmill
- Thayer David — George 'Miles' Jergens
- Joe Spinell — Tony Gazzo
- Jimmy Gambina — Mike
- Bill Baldwin — Fight Announcer
- Al Silvani — Cut Man
- George Memmoli — Ice Rink Attendant
- Jodi Letizia — Marie
- Diana Lewis — TV Commentator
- George O'Hanlon — TV Commentator
- Larry Carroll — TV Interviewer
- Directed
- John G. Avildsen
- Written
- Sylvester Stallone
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 8,862 ratings
- Studio
- Winkler Films
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1976 · You’re hereRocky
Where it starts.
Rocky II
1979
Rocky III
1982
Rocky IV
1985
Rocky V
1990
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
