Diggstown (1992)

R08/14/1992Comedy, Drama1h 38m
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Where the pros meet the cons.

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    James Woods

    Gabriel Caine

  2. Cast 1

    Louis Gossett Jr.

    "Honey" Roy Palmer

  3. Cast 1

    Oliver Platt

    Fitz

  4. Cast 1

    Heather Graham

    Emily Forrester

  5. Cast 1

    Randall "Tex" Cobb

    Wolf Forrester

  6. Cast 1

    Thomas Wilson Brown

    Robby Gillon

  7. Cast 1

    Bruce Dern

    John Gillon

  8. Cast 1

    Marshall Bell

    Warden Bates

  9. Duane Davis

    Hambone Busby

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...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$17,000,000.00

Revenue $4,836,637.00

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