Diggstown 1992
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What is Diggstown?
Task: Write a factual, original 150-190 word overview of the film "Diggstown" (1992). Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
- Type
- Film
- Year
- 1992
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 98 minutes
- Release date
- Aug 14, 1992
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- United States of America
- Studios
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Budget
- $17,000,000
- Revenue
- $4,836,637
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Updated
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Task: Write a factual, original 150-190 word overview of the film "Diggstown" (1992).
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
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Use ONLY verifiable facts from the provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES.
No invented titles, names, dates, episode counts, awards, ratings, box-office, viewership, or plot points.
Omit details not in the material.
Write original, neutral, encyclopedic prose in plain text.
No markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points.
First sentence must not contain spoilers.
Word count: 150-190 words.
Title: Diggstown (known as Midnight Sting in the UK and Ireland).
Year: 1992.
Genre: American sports comedy-drama.
Director: Michael Ritchie.
Writer: Steven McKay.
Based on: 1978 novel The Diggstown Ringers by Leonard Wise.
Cast: James Woods, Bruce Dern, Louis Gossett, Jr.
Plot: Gabriel Caine is released from prison and makes a bet with a businessman who owns most of Diggstown, a town obsessed with boxing. The bet is that Gabe can find a boxer to knock out 10 Diggstown men in a boxing ring within 24 hours. Roy 'Honey' Palmer is the boxer, who is 48 years old and considered too old by many.
Runtime: 1h 38m
Should you watch it?
“An ex-con bets a powerful businessman that his 48-year-old boxer can defeat ten men in 24 hours.”
- Features suspenseful boxing sequences that highlight the competitive wagers.
- Brings together offbeat characters who live for sparring, betting, and swindling.
- Adapted from the 1978 novel The Diggstown Ringers by Leonard Wise.
- Viewers seeking strict realism in sports dramas may find the premise's high-stakes 24-hour timeline unconventional.
Watch it if you enjoy witty sports comedy-dramas featuring high-stakes bets and offbeat characters.
The film maintains a witty and suspenseful tone across its runtime of one hour and thirty-eight minutes.
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Is Diggstown (1992) worth watching?
Yes, it is a witty sports comedy-drama praised for its suspenseful boxing sequences and offbeat characters.
What is the runtime or binge duration of the film?
The film has a total runtime of one hour and thirty-eight minutes.
Are there episodic breakdowns or essential episodes?
Diggstown is a feature film rather than a television series, so it does not contain episodes.
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