F.I.S.T. (film)
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| Directed by | Norman Jewison |
| Screenplay by | Joe Eszterhas Sylvester Stallone |
| Story by | Joe Eszterhas |
| Produced by | Norman Jewison |
| Starring | Sylvester Stallone Rod Steiger Peter Boyle Melinda Dillon David Huffman Kevin Conway Tony Lo Bianco |
| Cinematography | László Kovács |
| Edited by | Graeme Clifford |
| Music by | Bill Conti |
Production companies | Huron Productions Inc. Chateau Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 145 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $8 million |
| Box office | $20.3 million |
F.I.S.T. (stylized on-screen as F•I•S•T) is a 1978 American action crime drama film produced and directed by Norman Jewison and starring Sylvester Stallone. Stallone plays a Cleveland warehouse worker who becomes involved in the labor union leadership of the fictional "Federation of Inter-State Truckers" (F.I.S.T.). The film is loosely based on the Teamsters Union and their former President Jimmy Hoffa. The screenplay was by Joe Eszterhas and Stallone, from a story by Eszterhas.