The Main Event 1979

Synopsis:

Hillary Kramer, a successful Perfume magnate, awakes one morning to find that her accountant has robbed her blind and left for South America. Going through all of her remaining assets she finds a boxer, purchased as a tax write-off. She decides to take Kid Natural, Eddie Scanlon, who is much more at home giving driving lessons, into the ring and use him as her key to riches. Eddie thinks this will only get him killed and resists.

Directed by: Howard Zieff
Written by: Andrew Smith & Gail Parent
Release date: 1979-06-22
Runtime: 112 minutes
Critics score:
Tagline: A Glove Story
Cast:
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
Hillary Kramer 
Ryan O'Neal
Ryan O'Neal
Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon 
Paul Sand
Paul Sand
David 
Whitman Mayo
Whitman Mayo
Percy