After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain sets out on a mission to drop weight and challenge the area's undefeated champion, which creates problems with his teammates and health. Matters are complicated further when Louden's father takes in an attractive female drifter who's on her way to San Francisco.

• Warner Bros. Pictures
• Guber/Peters Company
• Matthew Modine
• Linda Fiorentino
• Ronny Cox
• Daphne Zuniga
• Charles Hallahan
• Michael Schoeffling
• Harold Sylvester
• J.C. Quinn