Power
movie

Released January 14, 1980
Overview
Loosely based on the life of Jimmy Hoffa, this traces the rise of Tommy Vanda (Joe Don Baker) from a Chicago dock worker to an influential labor leader who, like Hoffa, finds himself behind bars in a federal prison, and not long after, taken for a ride by shady men never to be seen again.
Cast

Joe Don Baker
as
Tommy Vanda

Karen Black
as
Rose Vanda-Buchanan

David Groh
as
Tony Guidice

Howard Da Silva
as
Jack Eisenstadt

Tom Atkins
as
Buck Buchanan

Scott Brady
as
Armstrong

Victor Jory
as
Hillman

Brian Keith
as
Charles Kandell
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Suzanne Lederer
as
Catherine

William Lucking
as
Sham Murphy

John Quade
as
Loading Dock Foreman

Joe Santos
as
Arthur 'Art' Konigsburg
Crew

Barry Shear
as
Director

Ernest Tidyman
as
Writer

Virgil W. Vogel
as
Director
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Jim Benson
as
Editor
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Jerrold Immel
as
Music
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Jay Daniel
as
Producer
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Ward Preston
as
Art Direction
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Grady Hunt
as
Costume Design
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John V. LaBarbera
as
Editor
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David Gerber
as
Executive Producer
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Donald Douglas
as
Editor
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Jacques R. Marquette
as
Director of Photography