The Last Gladiators

Academy Award winning Director Alex Gibney takes an unprecedented look at the National Hockey League's most feared enforcers and explores the career of Chris "Knuckles" Nilan. The role was simple: protect your teammates no matter the cost. For Chris this meant a shattered body, addiction to drugs, and harming the people closest to him. But in the process, he won the love of hockey's holy city, Montreal, and helped the team win the Stanley Cup. Through interviews with hockey's toughest guys, the film explores what it means to enforce the unspoken code of the NHL.

Director: Alex Gibney
Producer: Alex Gibney
Producer: Jim Podhoretz
Producer: Larry Weitzman
Actor: Paul Schantz
Actor: Leslie Nilan
Actor: Kim Mccarthy
Actor: Bob Gainey
Actor: Donald Brashear
Actor: Bob Probert
Actor: Chris Nilan
Actor: Craig Janney
Actor: Jimmy Vessey
Actor: Tony Twist
Actor: Paul Shantz
Actor: Guy Carbonneau
Actor: Henry Nilan
Actor: Marty McSorley
Actor: Todd Ewen
Actor: Serge Savard
Actor: Red Fisher