동명의 소설을 영화한 작품으로 제프 브리지스와 샐리필드 주연의 영화로 아놀드 슈워제네거의 초기작이다.
밥 라펠슨 감독이 연출했고 흥행은 크게 하지 못했다.
A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama.
But after spending time with weightlifter Joe Santo and gym worker Mary Tate Farnsworth, Craig wants out of the deal.
The property negotiations turn ugly, causing a brawl at the gym and a spectacle at a big bodybuilding meet, as Craig learns that it's not easy to turn your back on fair-weather friends.
