Rocky II (1979) - Credits and Details

Rocky II Credits and Details

Directed by
	Sylvester Stallone	...	directed by
Written by
	Sylvester Stallone	...	written by
Cast
	Sylvester Stallone	...	Rocky Balboa
	Talia Shire	...	Adrian
	Burt Young	...	Paulie
	Carl Weathers	...	Apollo Creed
	Burgess Meredith	...	Mickey
	Tony Burton	...	Apollo's Trainer
	Joe Spinell	...	Gazzo
	Leonard Gaines	...	Agent
	Sylvia Meals	...	Mary Anne Creed
	Frank McRae	...	Meat Foreman
	Al Silvani	...	Cutman
	John Pleshette	...	Director
	Stu Nahan	...	Announcer
	Bill Baldwin	...	Commentator
	Jerry Ziesmer	...	Salesman
	Paul Micale	...	Father Carmine (as Paul J. Micale)
	Earl Montgomery	...	Employment Manager
	Herb Nanas	...	Employment Manager
	Stuart K. Robinson	...	Johnny (as Stuart Robinson)
	Frank Stallone	...	Singer
	Charles 'Honi' Coles	...	Singer (as Charles Coles)
	Doug Flor	...	Singer
	Robert Kondyra	...	Singer
	James Zazzarino	...	Singer
	Eddie 'El Annimal' Lopez	...	Fighter (as Eddie Lopez)
	Taurean Blacque	...	Lawyer
	Jimmy Casino	...	Chink's Manager (as James Casino)
	Shaka Cumbuka	...	Cornerman
	Samuel Davis	...	Apollo's Bodyguard
	Roberto Durán	...	Fighter (as Roberto Duran)
	Lou Fillipo	...	Referee (as Lou Filippo)
	Ruth Ann Flynn	...	Jewelry Sales Lady
	Linda Grey	...	Agent
	Grainger Hines	...	Emergency Room Aide
	Garrie Kelly	...	White Hunter
	Ava Lazar	...	White Hunter
	Joseph Letizia	...	Car Salesman
	René Le Vant	...	Young Lugger (as Rene Levant)
	Tawny Little	...	Reporter
	Paul McCrane	...	Young Patient
	Sonny Melendrez	...	Reporter
	Tony Munafo	...	Boxer
	Brent Musburger	...	Reporter
	Ed Ness	...	Timekeeper
	Fred Pinkard	...	Lawyer
	Jane Marla Robbins	...	Gloria
	Hank Rolike	...	Cornerman
	David L. Ross	...	Reporter (as David Ross)
	Fran Ryan	...	Adrian's Nurse
	Whitney Rydbeck	...	Sound Man
	Shepherd Sanders	...	Employment Manager (as Sheperd Sanders)
	Jeff Temkin	...	Ring Announcer
	Allan Warnick	...	Makeup Man
	Charles Winkler	...	Camera Assistant
	James Zaza	...	Emergency Room Reporter
Uncredited Cast
	Rutanya Alda	...	Doctor Cooper
	Blair Bell	...	Photographer
	Joseph Boutell	...	Reporter
	Ted Braverman	...	Extra
	James Emery	...	Reporter
	Melissa Hart	...	Child
	Azizi Johari	...	Ring Girl
	Tom Lawrence	...	Ringside Color Announcer
	Richard Lentz	...	Spectator
	LeRoy Neiman	...	LeRoy Neiman
	Taaffe O'Connell	...	Ring Girl
	Julie Phillips	...	Singer
	Velvet Rhodes	...	Reporter
	Hank Robinson	...	Reporter
	Brenda Siemer Scheider	...	Ring Girl #2
	Butkus Stallone	...	Dog
	Seargeoh Stallone	...	Robert 'Rocky' Balboa Jr.
	Paul Van	...	Reporter
	Chino 'Fats' Williams	...	Job Searcher
Produced by
	Robert Chartoff	...	producer
	Arthur Chobanian	...	associate producer
	Irwin Winkler	...	producer
Original Music by
	Bill Conti	...	music by
Visual Effects by
	Wilson Tang	...	digital restoration: remaster
Stunts
	Robert Milicevic	...	stunt performer
	Jimmy Nickerson	...	stunt coordinator
	Freddie Hice	...	stunts
	Bennie Moore	...	stunts
Thanks
	Jane Oliver	...	this film is dedicated to the memory of

Additional Info
Premiere:	June 15, 1979
DVD Release:	October 01, 1997
Blu-ray Release:	November 03, 2009
Country:
Distributor:	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Websites:

Ratings
6.6 / 10	7.3 / 10	61 / 100

Production Companies
Chartoff-Winkler Productions (A Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production)

Distributors
United Artists (1979) (United States) (theatrical)
VidAmerica (1980) (United States) (VHS)
Magnetic Video (1981) (United States) (VHS)
20th Century Fox Video (1982) (United States) (VHS)
CBS (1982) (United States) (broadcast premiere) (TV)
CBS/Fox (1983) (United States) (pan and scan) (VHS)
CBS/Fox (1984) (United States) (pan and scan for MGM/UA Home Video) (VHS)
MGM/UA Home Video (1990) (United States) (VHS)
MGM/UA Home Video (1996) (United States) (pan and scan) (VHS)
Warner Home Video (1996) (United States) (for MGM/UA) (VHS)
MGM Home Entertainment (2001) (United States) (DVD)
MGM Home Entertainment (2004) (United States) (DVD)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (United States) (DVD)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (United States) (DVD)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2009) (United States) (The Undisputed Collection) (Blu-ray)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2009) (United States) (The Undisputed Collection) (DVD)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2014) (United States) (Heavyweight Collection) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2015) (United States) (40th Anniversary Collection) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2020) (United States) (reprint for MGM) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
HBO Max (2021) (United States) (VOD) (video)
Pluto TV (2023) (United States) (VOD) (video)
Studio Distribution Services (SDS) (2023) (United States) (Ultra HD Blu-ray) (through) (Knockout Collection)
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2023) (United States) (Ultra HD Blu-ray) (Knockout Collection)
MGM/UA Home Video (United States) (laserdisc)
RCA (II) (United States) (CED videodisc)

Filming Locations
1818 East Tusculum Street, Kensington, North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Rocky's home before moving)
2313 S. Lambert Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Rocky and Adrian's new house)
B Street Bridge, Kensington, North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Scene where Rocky runs through his old neighborhood; As he runs across the bridge, a bunch of children join him)
Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - 3911 S. Figueroa Street, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, USA (fight sequences)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Main Street Gym - 318½ S Main St, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA (Interior as Mighty Micks Gym, demolished)
Nordstrom Rack Chestnut Street - 1700 Chestnut Street, Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (originally known as Bonwit Teller; Rocky, in his new Pontiac Trans Am, stop at the department store to shop)
Pennsylvania, USA
Philadelphia City Hall - 1400 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Philadelphia Museum of Art - 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Philadelphia Zoo - 3400 W. Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Rocky and Adrian scroll through Rittenhouse Square)
St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church - 1719 Morris Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Church where Rocky and Adrian get married. Also where Rocky stops by to see Father Carmine for a blessing before heading to the Spectrum)
USA
Wachovia Spectrum - 3601 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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