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Diggstown

Diggstown

6,3 /10 (128 Votes)
1992 EN 98 min

Overview

Gabriel 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.

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Release date

14/08/1992

Votes

128

Popularity

2.5

Where the pros meet the cons.

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

98 min

Budget

$17,000,000

Revenue

$4,836,637

Original Soundtrack

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John Chard

John Chard

2019-09-19

⭐ 10

Do you know the difference between a hustler and a good con-man? Diggstown (also known as Midnight Sting) is directed by Michael Ritchie and stars James Woods, Louis Gossett Junior, Bruce Dern, Heather Graham, Oliver Platt, a pre-fame James Caviezel and Randall "Tex" Cobb. The plot sees Woods as con-man Gabriel Caine, recently out of prison he and his cohort Fitz (Platt), set up a boxing "sting" in Diggstown, a hickville place out in Olivair County that is run by egomaniac John Gillon (Dern). The set-up entails Caine's old friend Honey Roy Palmer (Gossett Jr) having to fight, and beat, 10 D…

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