Ripped Off

The classic boxing film catalyst--the fighter forced to take a fall--drives the plot of RIPPED OFF. Wilcox (Robert Blake) is told to throw his next fight by a gangster who threatens the life of his trainer. When Wilcox refuses, his manager is indeed killed. Suspicion falls on him, and Wilcox must discover the gangster's identity while dodging the unrelenting polliceman (Ernest Borgnine) assigned to the case. RIPPED OFF is an Italian made genre film inspired by the effective B-picture filmmaking of the 1940s and '50s, just as the famed spaghetti westerns were.