# F.I.S.T. (1978)

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**Runtime**: 145 min
**Genres**: Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller
**Directed by**: Norman Jewison
**Written by**: Sylvester Stallone, Joe Eszterhas, Norman Jewison
**Starring**: Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Peter Boyle, Melinda Dillon, David Huffman, Kevin Conway

> *A story about a man, the woman he loved, and the men he fought for.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Cleveland docks, 1937. A lunch pail left open on a snow-edged loading bay.  
A warehouse worker shakes hands with men in overcoats, then signs a union sheet with a pen that won’t stop leaking ink.  
Less Capra than Cronenberg doing labor politics—wear gloves before shaking hands.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, raw

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