Tough Enough

• 1983 movie starring Dennis Quaid
• Runtime: 106 minutes
• Plot summary (from IMDb.com): An aspiring country/western singer, whose money is disappearing faster than his career opportunities, enters a "Tough Man" amateur boxing contest to earn some cash to pay his bills. Amazingly enough, he wins it, and is picked to go onto the national finals. He's torn between his first love--music--and the glitz, glamor and money of the "Tough Man" world.
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