Directed by:
John G. AvildsenScreenplay:
Sylvester StalloneCinematography:
James CrabeComposer:
Bill ContiCast:
Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith, Thayer David, Joe Spinell, Jimmy Gambina, Bill Baldwin, Al Silvani, Jodi Letizia (more)Plots(1)
Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) 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! (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Sylvester Stallone
USA
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
First Blood (1982)
Rocky IV (1985)
Talia Shire
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
Burt Young
USA
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Rocky (1976)
Chinatown (1974)
Carl Weathers
USA
Best movies:
Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (1997) (video compilation)
Rocky (1976)
Le Prédateur (1987)
Burgess Meredith
USA
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
Of Mice and Men (1939)
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
Thayer David
USA
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
Little Big Man (1970)
Roots (1977) (series)
Joe Spinell
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Jimmy Gambina
USA
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
Rocky V (1990)
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
Bill Baldwin
USA
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
The Apartment (1960)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Al Silvani
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
Rocky II (1979)
Bobby Deerfield (1977)
Jodi Letizia
USA
Diana Lewis
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
The Squeeze (1987)
The Monster Squad (1987)
George O'Hanlon
USA
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Stan Shaw
USA
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series) - a.f.
Don Sherman
USA
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
Rocky Balboa (2006)
Rocky III (1982)
Pedro Lovell
Argentina
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
Rocky Balboa (2006)
Tony Burton
USA
Best movies:
The Shining (1980)
Rocky (1976)
Rocky IV (1985)
Lloyd Kaufman
USA
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
Frank Stallone
USA
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
Barfly (1987)
Rocky Balboa (2006)
Joe Frazier
USA
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
The Hurricane (1999) - a.f.
Just the Ticket (1999)