The All-American Boy (1973)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Charles Eastman

Writer:

Charles Eastman (writer)

Genre:

Drama | Sport

Tagline:

Step into the ring...he'll knock you down. Step into his world, he'll shut you out.

Plot:

Episodic story in six acts ("The Manly Art in Six Rounds") about young boxer Vic Bealer (played by Jon...

Plot Keywords:

Boxing | Female Nudity

Cast

Jon Voight	...	Vic Bealer
Carole Androsky	...	Rodine Bealer
Anne Archer	...	Drenna Valentine
Gene Borkan	...	Rockoff
Ron Burns	...	Larking
Rosalind Cash	...	Poppy
Jeanne Cooper	...	Nola Bealer
Peggy Cowles	...	Bett Van Daumee (as Peg Cowles)
Leigh French	...	Lovette
Ned Glass	...	Arty Bale
Bob Hastings	...	Ariel Van Daumee
Kathy Mahoney	...	Shereen Bealer
Art Metrano	...	Jay David Swooze
Jaye P. Morgan	...	Magda
Harry Northup	...	Parker
Nancie Phillips	...	Connie Swooze
Jeff Thompson	...	High Valentine
E.J. Peaker	...	Janelle Sharkey
Ray Ballard
Mac Chandler
Owen Harian
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ken Norton	...	Boxer hitting the speed bag (uncredited)
Sheila Surkes Scotti	...	Boxer's Wife (uncredited)

Directed by
Charles Eastman

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Charles Eastman		writer

Produced by
Saul Krugman	....	producer (as Saul J. Krugman)
Joseph T. Naar	....	producer

Cinematography by
Philip H. Lathrop

Film Editing by
Christopher Holmes
William Neel
Ralph E. Winters		(as Ralph Winters)

Art Direction by
Cary Odell

Set Decoration by
James L. Berkey

Makeup Department
Gordon Bau	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Nate H. Edwards	....	unit manager (as Nate Edwards)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Terry Morse Jr.	....	first assistant director (as Terry Morse)

Sound Department
Larry Jost	....	sound

Stunts
Hubie Kerns Jr.	....	stunts

Editorial Department
Joel Cox	....	assistant editor

Production Companies

• My Shoes
• Warner Bros. Pictures

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1973) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1985) (USA) (TV) (network premiere)

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company:

My Shoes

An All-American Classic

This flop was filmed a few years before it was released in 1973. It was made, but was never released until Jon Voight's popularity was soring with Mid-Night Cowboy.

The All-American Boy tries to pass itself off as a boxing film, but the sport is nothing but a backdrop for a symbolic ride of deep interpretations of the mis-use of "beauty" to get by in life.

Voight plays Vic "Bomber" Beasley, a strapping, undefeated amateur boxer, destined for Olympic Gold and a successful career in boxing. Tall, muscular, charming, and handsome, that's Vic, but that's only his physical appearance. Inside he is a heartless, lazy, self-centered user. The Bomber uses an array of women, among them Anne Archer(she looks about 16), E.J. Peaker, and Rosalind Cash. In a "weird" role is veteran character actor Gene Borkan as a gay boxing manager named Arty.

The film seems to want to depict how society falls all over itself to be around "beautiful" people and catering to their every whim, with little in return.

Voight is wooden and lacks any type of emotion, but that what makes him so great. He is void of feeling for anyone except himself. He uses his looks and charm to get what he wants from his family, friends, women, and even other men, gay or straight.

The All-America Boy was a box-office flop. It will be a flop for you unless you read between the lines. An out-standing piece of film-making.