Summary Loosely based on the life of Jimmy Hoffa, this traces the rise of Tommy Vanda (Joe Don Baker) from a Chicago dock worker to an influential labor leader who, like Hoffa, finds himself behind bars in a federal prison, and not long after, taken for a ride by shady men never to be seen again. View more details
Directed : Barry Shear Virgil W. Vogel
Written : Ernest Tidyman
Stars : Joe Don Baker Karen Black Howard Da Silva David Groh
Genres : Action Drama Biography
Release date : Jan 13, 1980
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : Oakland, California, USA
Production companies : David Gerber Productions Columbia Pictures Television
Summary Loosely based on the life of Jimmy Hoffa, this traces the rise of Tommy Vanda (Joe Don Baker) from a Chicago dock worker to an influential labor leader who, like Hoffa, finds himself behind bars in a federal prison, and not long after, taken for a ride by shady men never to be seen again. View more details
Genres : Action Drama Biography
Release date : Jan 13, 1980
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : Oakland, California, USA
Production companies : David Gerber Productions Columbia Pictures Television
