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Fighting Tommy Riley

Country: USA, Language: English, 109 mins

  • Director: Eddie O'Flaherty
  • Writer: J.P. Davis
  • Producer: Kip Bickel; J.P. Davis

CGiii Comment

Sexual desire and loneliness...sounds like a typical gay drama.

It's not...all is not as it seems.

Highly original and deeply moving.

This should have been a huge film.

Important and impressive.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Trainer Marty Goldberg has been stuck working on the fringes of the professional circuit far too long. Searching for a way out, he discovers Tommy, a young man with raw talent to burn. Outside the ring however, Tommy displays a self-destructive streak that could end his career before it begins. Marty works with Tommy to tame that streak.

Cast & Characters

Eddie Jones as Marty Goldberg;
J.P. Davis as Tommy Riley;
Christina Chambers as Stephanie;
Diane Tayler as Diane Stone;
Scot Belsky as Mr. Riley;
Michael Bentt as Mosley;
Paul Terrell Clayton as Oscar;
Adam Harlan as Bob Silver's Assistant;
Paul Raci as Bob Silver;
Don Wallace as Leroy Kane;
Erica Zodtner as Laurie;
Mark Daniel Jones as Team Riley Photographer