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Diggstown (1992)

Diggstown poster
Directed by
Michael Ritchie
Genre
drama film, comedy film, boxing film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
R
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 128 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A con man and a veteran boxer team up to swindle a wealthy and corrupt businessman by challenging his team to a series of boxing matches. They must outsmart him in a small Georgia town where everyone has a price.

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What happens

Diggstown (known as Midnight Sting in the UK and Ireland), is a 1992 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Michael Ritchie and written by Steven McKay, based on the 1978 novel The Diggstown Ringers by Leonard Wise. It stars James Woods, Louis Gossett Jr., Bruce Dern, Heather Graham, Oliver Platt, and Randall "Tex" Cobb. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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