Kingpin is a 1996 American sports comedy film directed by Peter and Bobby Farrelly and written by Barry Fanaro and Mort Nathan.

It was filmed in and around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,[5] as a stand-in for Scranton, Amish country, and Reno, Nevada.

Flashy young bowler Roy Munson wins the 1979 Iowa state bowling championship and leaves home to turn professional.

In his professional bowling tour debut, he defeats established pro Ernie McCracken, who takes the loss poorly and seeks revenge.

When the amateurs realize they are being conned, McCracken flees while Roy is brutally beaten and loses his hand when it is forced into the ball return, ending his career.

Seventeen years later, Roy uses a prosthetic hand and is living in Scranton, Pennsylvania as an alcoholic, unsuccessful traveling salesman of bowling supplies.

Roy then sees a poster in a bowling magazine advertising a $1 million winner-take-all tournament in Reno, Nevada.

Posing as a fellow Amish, Roy tries to get Ishmael to bowl in the tournament, which he does after finding out the family farm is in danger of being seized by the bank.

Roy then confesses to Claudia he never returned for his father's funeral out of shame for his failure as a pro bowler.

Roy responds he has already earned $500,000 in an endorsement deal for Trojan condoms based on his prosthetic rubber hand.

[9] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of "B−" on a scale of A+ to F.[10] Roger Ebert had one of the more noteworthy positive reviews, giving it three and a half out of four stars.