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Film · 0 connectionsRocky (1976)
- Drama
- 120 min
- 12 age guide
- ★ 7.8/10 from 8,938 ratings
Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate puts him in the ring with a world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it's his one shot at the big time — a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner!
Directed byJohn G. Avildsen
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