F.I.S.T.

 

Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Peter Boyle

MGM/UA; Directed by Norman Jewison

Rated PG; 145 minutes; 1978

 

F.I.S.T. is a powerful drama featuring Sylvester Stallone as Johnny Kovak, a union leader who has it all—the smile, the charm, the guts and the belief that he could do anything if he uses enough muscle.  F.I.S.T. chronicles the rise and fall of Kovak from a child in the Cleveland slums to the most powerful and eventually corrupt union leader in America.