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Diggstown
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Diggstown (known as Midnight Sting in the UK and Ireland), is a 1992 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Michael Ritchie and written by Steven McKay, based on the 1978 novel The Diggstown Ringers by Leonard Wise. It stars James Woods, Louis Gossett Jr., Bruce Dern, Heather Graham, Oliver Platt and Randall "Tex" Cobb.
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6.3Gabriel Caine has just been released from prison when he sets up a bet with a business man who owns most of Diggstown, a boxing-mad town. The bet is that Gabe can find a boxer that will knock out 10 Diggstown men, in a boxing ring, within 24 hours. Roy 'Honey' Palmer is that man that, at 48, many say he is too old.
Cast
- James Woods as Gabriel Caine
- Louis Gossett Jr. as "Honey" Roy Palmer
- Oliver Platt as Fitz
- Heather Graham as Emily Forrester
- Randall 'Tex' Cobb as Wolf Forrester
- Thomas Wilson Brown as Robby Gillon
Themes
- transporter
- sports
- con man
- boxing
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Key facts
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $17 million
- Film.name
- Diggstown
- Film.image
- Diggstownposter.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Michael Ritchie
- Film.producer
- Robert Schaffel
- Film.writer
- Steven McKay
- Film.music
- James Newton Howard
- Film.cinematography
- Gerry Fisher
- Film.editing
- Don Zimmerman
- Film.studio
- Eclectic Films
- Film.distributor
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Film.runtime
- 98 minutes
- Film.gross
- $4,836,637 (US)
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 98
- FilmAffinity ID
- 530688
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- publication date
- 1993-01-07
- title
- Diggstown
- review score
- 63%
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- Reception
- Box office
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Diggstown (known as Midnight Sting in the UK and Ireland), is a 1992 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Michael Ritchie and written by Steven McKay, based on the 1978 novel The Diggstown Ringers by Leonard Wise. It stars James Woods, Louis Gossett Jr., Bruce Dern, Heather Graham, Oliver Platt and Randall "Tex" Cobb.
==Plot== After being released from prison in Winfield, Georgia, con man Gabriel Caine gets to work on his next scam. Caine and his partner, Daniel Patrick O'Shannon "Fitz" Fitzpatrick, travel to a small town near the prison: Diggstown, a city obsessed with boxing.