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The Featherweight (2023)
99 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

The Featherweight (2023)

99 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

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.

Director

Robert Kolodny

Writer

Steve Loff

Producers

Bennett Elliott | Robert Greene | Asger Hussain | Brian Liebman & 3 more

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Editor

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Release date

Oct 1, 2023 (United States)

Awards

5 wins & 6 nominations

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61 cast members

Name	Known for
James Madio Willie Pep Willie Pep See fewer	The Penguin (2024)
Ruby Wolf Linda Papaleo Linda Papaleo See fewer	Skin & Bone (2022)
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