
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.

as Tommy Vanda

as Rose Vanda-Buchanan

as Tony Guidice

as Jack Eisenstadt

as Buck Buchanan

as Armstrong

as Hillman

as Charles Kandell

as Catherine

as Sham Murphy

as Loading Dock Foreman

as Arthur 'Art' Konigsburg

as Norma Greer

as Vince Ianelli

as Mother Vanda

as Ben Frelinghuysen

as Solly Weiss

as Robins

as Bobby Vanda

as Fred Goff

as Dan Feldon

as Tex

as Paul Hackett