Diggstown
Sign in to saveDiggstown (known as Midnight Sting in the UK and Ireland), is a 1992 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Michael Ritchie and written by Steven McKay, based on the 1978 novel The Diggstown Ringers by Leonard Wise. It stars James Woods, Louis Gossett Jr., Bruce Dern, Heather Graham, Oliver Platt and Randall "Tex" Cobb.
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6.3Gabriel Caine has just been released from prison when he sets up a bet with a business man who owns most of Diggstown, a boxing-mad town. The bet is that Gabe can find a boxer that will knock out 10 Diggstown men, in a boxing ring, within 24 hours. Roy 'Honey' Palmer is that man that, at 48, many say he is too old.
Released: 1992-08-1498 minDir: Michael RitchieComedy, Drama
Cast
- James Woods as Gabriel Caine
- Louis Gossett Jr. as "Honey" Roy Palmer
- Oliver Platt as Fitz
- Heather Graham as Emily Forrester
- Randall 'Tex' Cobb as Wolf Forrester
- Thomas Wilson Brown as Robby Gillon
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Key facts
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $17 million
- Film.name
- Diggstown
- Film.image
- Diggstownposter.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Michael Ritchie
- Film.producer
- Robert Schaffel
- Film.writer
- Steven McKay
- Film.music
- James Newton Howard
- Film.cinematography
- Gerry Fisher
- Film.editing
- Don Zimmerman
- Film.studio
- Eclectic Films
Key dates
- Published
- 7 January 1993
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- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- gambling
- Director
- Michael Ritchie
- Cast member
- George D. Wallace
- Composer
- James Newton Howard
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Gerry Fisher
- Duration
- +98
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Diggstown (known as Midnight Sting in the UK and Ireland), is a 1992 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Michael Ritchie and written by Steven McKay, based on the 1978 novel The Diggstown Ringers by Leonard Wise. It stars James Woods, Louis Gossett Jr., Bruce Dern, Heather Graham, Oliver Platt and Randall "Tex" Cobb.
==Plot== After being released from prison in Winfield, Georgia, con man Gabriel Caine gets to work on his next scam. Caine and his partner, Daniel Patrick O'Shannon "Fitz" Fitzpatrick, travel to a small town near the prison: Diggstown, a city obsessed with boxing.
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1990s sports comedy-drama films1992 American films1992 comedy-drama films1992 English-language films1992 films1992 sports filmsAmerican boxing filmsAmerican films about gamblingAmerican sports comedy-drama filmsEnglish-language sports comedy-drama filmsFilms about con artistsFilms based on American novels