A slick promoter in the bodybuilding subculture of Venice Beach, California, finds what he considers a diamond in the rough: a dedicated but somewhat mentally challenged young man who wants to win bodybuilding championships, but needs some help and direction--and the promoter thinks he's just the one to do it.

• Furia/Oringer Productions
• Richard Hatch
• Kay Lenz
• Jeanette Nolan
• Joe Santos
• Jack Carter
• Veronica Hamel
• Kenneth McMillan
• Franco Columbu