The Featherweight

Willie Pep has had 231 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

Release: 2023-09-03Runtime: 99 minRating: 5.1 (8)

Cast

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

Crew

Robert Greene

Editor

Retail Space

Music

Naomi Wolff Lachter

Costume Designer

Max Cooke

Sound

Sonia Foltarz

Production Designer

Robert Kolodny

Director

Steve Loff

Writer

Steve Loff

Producer

Abhay Deol

Executive Producer

Bennett Elliott

Producer

Clips & Videos

Official Trailer