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Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 4 august 1985 with Robert Blake
Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story (1985)
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Add to a movie listHeart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story is a 1985 film directed by Richard Michaels.
Actors
Robert Blake
(Lenny Mancini)
Mariclare Costello
(Ellen Mancini)
Tony Burton
(Grif)
James T. Callahan
(Father O'Neill)
Norman Alden
(Ray Arcel)
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