A troubled police detective investigates fixed betting and corruption in the world of heavyweight boxing and uncovers a plot by a crime boss to use computerized data to rig fights.A troubled police detective investigates fixed betting and corruption in the world of heavyweight boxing and uncovers a plot by a crime boss to use computerized data to rig fights.A troubled police detective investigates fixed betting and corruption in the world of heavyweight boxing and uncovers a plot by a crime boss to use computerized data to rig fights.
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I was on the set of this movie when part of it was being made in Toronto. It was very exciting. I was cast as one of the extras who had to run up to the boxing ring and take pictures. Now this is going back. To 1979 at least,when I lived in Ontario.
Since then I have not seen it on. any TV station all this time! The producer was lavender something or other and obviously he was an unknown.i would of loved to see if I could spot myself in this movie among all the other extras ...its a shame I couldn't even see this once! 😠
If anyone reading this review can let me know where on the Internet or what stations on TV have played this movie at any Time, I would appreciate it! They probably trashed it cause it turned out to be a waste of film! Lol Only good thing about this movie is that I had a chance to see tony Curtis in person 😋
This movie definitely did not do tony Curtis' great acting career and ability any justice.
Since then I have not seen it on. any TV station all this time! The producer was lavender something or other and obviously he was an unknown.i would of loved to see if I could spot myself in this movie among all the other extras ...its a shame I couldn't even see this once! 😠
If anyone reading this review can let me know where on the Internet or what stations on TV have played this movie at any Time, I would appreciate it! They probably trashed it cause it turned out to be a waste of film! Lol Only good thing about this movie is that I had a chance to see tony Curtis in person 😋
This movie definitely did not do tony Curtis' great acting career and ability any justice.
This movie was listed in this website,so I thought would finally be able to see it after 40 years.
I was a special business extra in this movie and I never had a chance to see it yet!
Title Shot is extremely bad. It looks cheap and amateurish and has a confusing script, which seems just about impossible for a boxing movie, since the sport itself is so primitive and straightforward. Even worse, there are even a couple of familiar faces in it, which indicates that it isn't just a quick and crap drive-in kind of flick, but a major production that went sadly awry. The plot involves corruption at a heavyweight bout in Canada, but the fight takes place in a near deserted and rather cold looking hall, not entirely dissimilar to a church hall. There's also something about fixed betting, and one character who believes that by getting a computer to figure out all sorts of statistics, it is possible to predict the outcome of sporting contests. I loathed this movie. It was a real waste of time and I'd like to save anyone else the time of having to sit through it and tolerate it's nonsensnsical storyline and dismal performances.
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- TriviaPart of a cycle of ring fighter movies, mostly boxing, some wrestling, initiated by the box-office and critical success of the Academy Award Best Picture winning boxing movie Rocky (1976). The films include Rocky II: La Revanche (1979), Rocky III : L'Œil du tigre (1982), Rocky IV (1985), La force de vaincre (1983), Title Shot, Raging Bull (1980), Le champion (1979), Matilda (1978), Tendre combat (1979), The Prize Fighter (1979), Le plus grand (1977), Corps et Âme (1981), La taverne de l'enfer (1978), Deux filles au tapis (1981), Le seul et l'unique (1978), Doux, dur et dingue (1978) and Ça va cogner... (1980).
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