It stars James Woods, Louis Gossett Jr., Bruce Dern, Heather Graham, Oliver Platt and Randall "Tex" Cobb.

After being released from prison in Winfield, Georgia, con man Gabriel Caine gets to work on his next scam.

Caine and his partner, Daniel Patrick O'Shannon "Fitz" Fitzpatrick, travel to a small town near the prison: Diggstown, a city obsessed with boxing.

He is the former manager of Diggstown's once-famous boxer Charles Macom Diggs, the man for whom the town is named.

Caine and Gillon agree to various conditions of the bet, with "one day" being 24 full hours and "Diggstown fighters" being able to come from any surrounding area of Olivair County.

That brings up Diggstown's best man, Hammerhead Hagan, the only fighter ever to actually beat Palmer during their professional careers.

Gillon moved him in as a county resident before the bet rules were established, meaning that Hagan can legally fight.

Palmer is exhausted, but gets new motivation after seeing Diggs, who is sitting ringside, move his hand slightly (which he interprets as a show of support).

The true tenth fighter is then introduced: Minoso Torres, who ruled the boxing underground in the prison from which Caine was released.

Leonard Maltin gave the film two and a half stars, calling it "amiable," but complains "the script is contrived".

[2] Vincent Canby of The New York Times called it Ritchie's most entertaining film since the mid-1970's, and praising the cast.