''Last Man Standing'' is a 1987 sports

action Action may refer to: * Action (philosophy), something which is done by a person * Action principles the heart of fundamental physics * Action (narrative), a literary mode * Action fiction, a type of genre fiction * Action game, a genre of video gam ...

film directed by

Damian Lee Damian Lee (born 1950) is a Canadian film director and producer. A former competitive skier, he transitioned to televised sports events, and later to feature films. A fixture of low-budget genre movies during much of the 1980s and 1990s, Lee re- ...

. In the film, a mistreated patient of a

mental asylum The lunatic asylum, insane asylum or mental asylum was an institution where people with mental illness were confined. It was an early precursor of the modern psychiatric hospital. Modern psychiatric hospitals evolved from and eventually replace ...

is released and seeks a new career in underground

bare-knuckle fighting Bare-knuckle boxing (also known as bare-knuckle or bare-knuckle fighting) is a full-contact combat sport based on punching without any form of padding on the hands. The sport as it is known today originated in 17th-century England and, although s ...

Plot

Roo Marcus has recently been released from the inhumane conditions of a mental institution and enters into the world of underground bare-knuckle fighting.

Cast

* Vernon Wells as Roo Marcus *

William Sanderson William Sanderson (born January 10, 1944) is a retired American actor. He played J. F. Sebastian in the feature film ''Blade Runner'' (1982), and had regular roles on several television series, playing Larry on ''Newhart'' (1982–1990), E. B ...

as Casper * Michael Copeman as Napoleon * Sonja Belliveau as Charlie * Frank Moore as Tenny * Réal Andrews as Razor * Pete Dempster as Cannon *

Franco Columbu Francesco Maria Columbu (August 7, 1941 – August 30, 2019) was an Italian-American bodybuilder and actor. Originally a boxer, Columbu won the Mr. Olympia in 1976 and 1981, and competed in the inaugural edition of the World's Strongest Man ...

as Batty * Danny Burnes as Gus *

George Chuvalo George Louis Chuvalo (born September 12, 1937, as Jure Čuvalo) is a Canadian former professional boxer who was a five-time Canadian heavyweight champion and two-time world heavyweight title challenger. He is known for having never been knocked ...

as Maxx *

as Sully * Dave Schaller as Patch *

Kim Coates Kim Frederick Coates (born February 21, 1958) is a Canadian-American actor who has worked in both Canadian and American films and television series. He has worked on Broadway portraying Stanley Kowalski in ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' and in th ...

as Mr. Regan *

Lolita Davidovich Lolita Davidovich (born Lolita Davidović; July 15, 1961) is a Canadian film and television actress, best known for portraying Blaze Starr in the 1989 film '' Blaze'', for which she received a Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination. ...

as Groupie (as Lolita David)

Alternate titles

''Last Man Standing'' was released under various other titles in different regions including ''Circle Man'' and ''Manfighter''.

References

External links

* 1987 action films 1987 films 1980s sports films 1980s action horror films Films directed by Damian Lee American boxing films American action horror films Films produced by Damian Lee Films with screenplays by Damian Lee 1980s English-language films 1980s Canadian films English-language action horror films Bare-knuckle boxing {{1980s-US-film-stub