F.I.S.T.
A story about a man, the woman he loved, and the men he fought for.
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization.As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.
- Director
- Norman Jewison
- Worldwide
- $20M
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Cast
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Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.
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Box Office & Release
F.I.S.T. returned 1.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $11M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $20M
- Release date
- Apr 26, 1978
- Runtime
- 2h 25m
- MPAA rating
- PG
- Language
- English, Hungarian
- Country
- United States of America
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