the champ stars jon voight faye dunaway and ricky schroder
voight played majorgeneral juergen stroop the german officer responsible for the destruction of the jewish resistance and received a primetime emmy award nomination for outstanding supporting actor in a limited series or moviedirector michael mann tagged voight for a supporting role in the 2001 biopic ali which starred will smith as the controversial former heavyweight champ muhammad ali
 roger ebert gave the film a rave review and wrote the performances throughout are flawless