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The Main Event was released on June 22, 1979.
The Main Event was directed by Howard Zieff.
The Main Event has a runtime of 1h 52m.
The Main Event was produced by Jon Peters, Barbra Streisand.
Hillary Kramer, successful Perfume magnate awakes one morning to find that her accountant has robbed her blind and left for South America. Going through all of her remaining assets she finds a boxer, purchased as a tax write off. She decides to take Kid Natural, (Eddie Scanlon) who is much more at home giving driving lessons, into the ring and use him as her key to riches. Eddie thinks this will only get him killed and resists.
The key characters in The Main Event are Hillary Kramer (Barbra Streisand), Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon (Ryan O'Neal), David (Paul Sand).
The Main Event is rated PG.
The Main Event is a Comedy, Romance, Sport film.
The Main Event has an audience rating of 4.1 out of 10.
The Main Event had a budget of $8M.
The Main Event has made $44.8M at the box office.