The All-American Boy

Name: The All-American Boy
Genre: Drama
Cast: Jon Voight, E.J. Peaker, Ned Glass, Carol Androsky, Anne Archer

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1973

1h 58m

Drama

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Vic "Bomber" Bealer (Jon Voight) is a handsome, manipulative boxer who aspires to something greater than the small-town life he knows in Texas. But, even when opportunities present themselves, Bealer is too restless and indecisive to take advantage. Despite being on the cusp of making the Olympic boxing team, his life is in total disarray as he juggles relationships with an old flame (E.J. Peaker), a girl who's way too young for him (Anne Archer) and a gay trainer (Ned Glass).

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

This picture is so full of contempt for its own characters that it tells us nothing about them.

Sep 15, 2023

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Robert Mazzocco

The New York Review of Books

If the film is satiric, in its deadpan way, about "the manly arts," it often generates the contrary feeling of a dirge...

Apr 4, 2018

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Charles Eastman

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Jon Voight

Vic Bealer

E.J. Peaker

Janelle Sharkey

Ned Glass

Arty Bale

Carol Androsky

Rodine Bealer

Anne Archer

Drenna Valentine

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Director: Charles Eastman
Producer: Joseph T. Naar, Saul J. Krugman
Screenwriter: Charles Eastman
Production Co: Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2012
Runtime: 1h 58m

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