The Featherweight

Willie Pep has had 21 fights. What's one more?

Set in 1964, a camera crew follows Willie Pep, retired featherweight boxing champion. Down and out in Hartford CT, married to a woman half his age and with a drug-addled son and mounting debts, Pep decides to make a return to the ring.

Drama

James Madio

(Guglielmo Papaleo (Willie Pep))

Ruby Wolf

(Linda Papaleo)

Keir Gilchrist

(Billy Papaleo Jr.)

Stephen Lang

(Bill Gore)

Ron Livingston

(Bob Kaplan)

Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

(Sandy Saddler)

Shari Albert

(Fran Papaleo)

Imma Aiello

(Mama Papaleo)

Frank John Hughes

(Mike Marino)

Michael Siberry

(Bill Lee)

Jeremy Luke

(Rocky Marciano)

Bruce Carrington

(Goose)

David Lavine

(Karl Rierson)

Louis Vanaria

(Event Organizer)

Patrick Murney

(Don Dunphy)

Gino Cafarelli

(Harry Balogh)

Delano Montgomery

(Sam Hornsby)

Jay Giannone

(Gerard)

Tony Bonsignore

(Tony)

David Gere

(Television Director)

Gordon Silva

(Salvatore Papaleo)

Kevin Daigneault

(Doctor)

Kent R. Williams

(Curly)