A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after spending time with weightlifter Joe Santo and gym worker Mary Tate Farnsworth, Craig wants out of the deal. The property negotiations turn ugly, causing a brawl at the gym and a spectacle at a big bodybuilding meet, as Craig learns that it's not easy to turn your back on fair-weather friends.
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| Directing | Bob Rafelson | Director |
| Writing | Charles Gaines | Novel |
| Writing | Bob Rafelson | Screenplay |
| Production | Bob Rafelson | Producer |
| Production | Harold Schneider | Producer |
| Sound | Byron Berline | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Bruce Langhorne | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Victor J. Kemper | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Charles Gaines | Screenplay |
| Art | Ed Shanley | Construction Coordinator |
| Editing | John F. Link | Editor |
| Production | Dianne Crittenden | Casting |
| Art | Toby Carr Rafelson | Production Design |
| Art | Robert Gould | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bob Westmoreland | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Michael Haley | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Alan Hopkins | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Louis Race | Assistant Director Trainee |
| Crew | George Lillie | Scenic Artist |
| Art | Paul Pascarella | Graphic Designer |
| Sound | Michael Galloway | Sound |
| Sound | Richard Portman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Sam F. Shaw | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Barry Thomas | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Samuel C. Crutcher | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Don MacDougall | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | Lou Noto | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Fred Richter | Key Grip |
| Camera | Robert C. Thomas | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jack Brown | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Jim Coe | Still Photographer |
| Production | Barbara Evans | Location Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nancy McArdle | Wardrobe Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | G. Tony Scarano | Costume Supervisor |
| Editing | Marty Spiro | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Dan Carlin Sr. | Music Editor |
