The Hustler of Muscle Beach (TV Movie 1980) Poster

(1980 TV Movie)

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7/10
A wonderful "bad" movie
jeffn724 September 2005
Warning: Spoilers
OK, so the acting is silly, the script is weak, and the director probably wasn't there most of the time... But if you are into body building or body builders, and like seeing hustlers turn into good guys, this movie is actually very enjoyable. It is heart warming at times, and it's almost too much seeing Richard Hatch doing an over the top performance of a common hustler (no not that kind... the kind of "hustler" where a guy does everything he can think of to legally extract money from people's pockets).

The focus of the movie is a huge body builder (Tim Kimber) with an adorably cute innocent face who was sadly only in 3 movies his entire acting career. He plays a developmentally delayed man who needs guidance to enter a body building contest and win. And he is really about the best actor in this movie.

10 minutes later...

On further investigation, Tim Kimber seems to have done phenomenally well for himself. He is co-author of a couple of body building books, and (get this) he has been co-owner of the Gold's Gym chain for over 20 years.

Good for him!
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10/10
I watched this on Youtube!
juanmuscle8 December 2021
After watching another video on youtube with John Hansen who had the main guy Tim Kimber on discussing things in bodybuilding now vs then! So I said what the heck and went for it, and golly was it enjoyable not just cause it touched on bb a bit but because the writing was excellent imo! I felt it was tight and thorough and it explained itself and it was altogether stylistic enough to push it through to the end and make it a worth-while experience! I highly recommend, just wish Mr. Zane came in with his clothes off! He was clad in a heavy suit so it felt like a waste but wth! It was nice to see some of the beacons of our beloved sport in something pretty cool and something that worked and I would highly recommend it to fans of bb and fans that want to learn a lil' about a fun cult sport and it had some fun acting as well from the protagonist and the cute 70's Farrah Fosset hairdo chick as well! Cool job way to go!
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