The Opponent

5.6
  • Genre: Action
  • Run time: 94 min
  • Premiere: 1988. July 8.

Greene plays an up and coming boxer with a powerful right hand and a heart of gold. He works night shifts in a bar and has a girlfriend whose father played by Ernest Borgnine disapproves of the relationship thinking Greene is a no good for nothing loser. To prove himself Greene catches the attention of a local boxing promoter played by Giuliano Gemma who decides to make a champion out of his newfound protégé.

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Art

Federico Padovan

Production Design

Roberto Granieri

Property Master

Camera

Giancarlo Ferrando

Director of Photography

Mario Lommi

Camera Operator

Alessandro Capuccio

Assistant Camera

Giorgio Garibaldi Schwarze

Still Photographer

Matteo Giordano

Key Grip

Costume & Make-Up

Valentina Di Palma

Costume Design

Stefano Fava

Makeup Artist

Caridad Collazo

Hairstylist

Leslie Herman

Seamstress

Timothy Huizing

Assistant Makeup Artist

Directing

Sergio Martino

Director

Franco Fantasia

First Assistant Director

Anna Maria Montanari

Script Supervisor

Ellen Jacoby

Second Assistant Director

Editing

Eugenio Alabiso

Editor

Teresa Negozio

Assistant Editor

Patrizia Innocenzi

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Armando Moreschini

Gaffer

Production

Ricky Sacco

Production Manager

Marco Grillo Spina

Line Producer

Luciano Martino

Producer

Aurora Del Calvo

Production Secretary

Leonardo Curreri

Administration

Daniel Del Calvo

Accountant

Anna Maria De Pedys

Accountant

Sound

Luciano Michelini

Original Music Composer

Vittorio Melloni

Sound

Marco Streccioni

Sound Mixer

Writing

Luciano Martino

Story

Sauro Scavolini

Screenplay

Sergio Martino

Screenplay

Maria Perrone Capano

Screenplay

Robert Brodie Booth

Screenplay