Rocky (1976)

1976 film directed by John Avildsen

Released

1976

Country

United States

Language

English

Genre

Boxing film

Director

John G. Avildsen

Screenplay

Sylvester Stallone

Producer

Robert Chartoff, Irwin Winkler

Music

Bill Conti

Cinematography

James Crabe

Editing

Scott Conrad

Starring

Talia Shire, Carl Weathers, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith, Sylvester Stallone, Tony Burton, Thayer David, Joe Spinell

Running time

119 minutes

Production company

United Artists

Distributor

MOKÉP, Netflix

Box office

$117.2 million

Budget

$1 million

Set in

Pennsylvania

Cast

• Talia Shire
• Carl Weathers
• Burt Young
• Burgess Meredith
• Sylvester Stallone
• Tony Burton
• Thayer David
• Joe Spinell
• Joe Frazier
• Stan Shaw
• Michael Dorn
• George O'Hanlon
• Lloyd Kaufman
• Frank Stallone
• Butkus Stallone
• Hank Rolike
• Frankie Van
• Simmy Bow

More films directed by John G. Avildsen

• Rocky 1976
• The Karate Kid 1984
• The Karate Kid Part II 1986
• The Karate Kid Part III 1989
• Rocky V 1990
• The Power of One 1992

Nominations

• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Academy Award for Best Actor
• Academy Award for Best Actress
• Academy Award for Best Director
• Academy Award for Best Film Editing
• Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
• Academy Award for Best Picture
• Academy Award for Best Sound

Series

• Followed by: Rocky II

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• TMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q188652 (CC0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.