Storyline
Loosely based on the life of Jimmy Hoffa, this traces the rise of Tommy Vanda (Joe Don Baker) from a Chicago dock worker to an influential labor leader who, like Hoffa, finds himself behind bars in a federal prison, and not long after, taken for a ride by shady men never to be seen again.
Released
14 January 1980
Runtime
4h 0min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Columbia Pictures Television, David Gerber Productions
Cast
Joe Don Baker
Tommy Vanda
Karen Black
Rose Vanda-Buchanan
David Groh
Tony Guidice
Howard Da Silva
Jack Eisenstadt
Tom Atkins
Buck Buchanan
Scott Brady
Armstrong
Victor Jory
Hillman
Brian Keith
Charles Kandell
Suzanne Lederer
Catherine
William Lucking
Sham Murphy
John Quade
Loading Dock Foreman
Joe Santos
Arthur 'Art' Konigsburg
Laraine Stephens
Norma Greer
Paul Stewart
Vince Ianelli
Jo Van Fleet
Mother Vanda
Ralph Bellamy
Ben Frelinghuysen
Red Buttons
Solly Weiss
Jacques Aubuchon
Robins
William Kirby Cullen
Bobby Vanda
Lee Delano
Fred Goff
John Durren
Dan Feldon
Sean Garrison
Tex
Kevin Hagen
Paul Hackett
Brett Halsey
Prosecutor
Victor Holchak
Lonny
Brian Kerwin
Jack Vanda
Lance LeGault
Stevens
Byron Morrow
Harry Bliss
Don Reid
Faraday
Joseph Ruskin
Bill Davis
Walter Barnes
Al Grove
Frederic Downs
Old-Timer
Bess Gatewood
Receptionist
Jean Holloway
Mrs. Goff
David Levy
Carl Biaggi
Bill Adler
Acting
Johnny Alpaugh
Bobby Vanda at Age 10
Nora Boland
Acting
William Bronder
Acting
Jim Haynie
Acting
Samantha McCoy
Secretary
Read Morgan
Acting
Michael Mullins
Sean Murphy
Ted White
Acting
Than Wyenn
Judge
Don Furneaux
Driver
Judie Carroll
Secretary
Tom Regan
Detective #2
Bill Jelliffe
Britt - FBI Man
Andrew Masset
Felton
Tony Ramirez
Sean Murphy at Age 10
George Brenlin
Fred Forster