So I check IMDB (Internet Movie Database www.imdb.com) to see if there's 
anything I missed.  An actor whose name I recognize but whose face I missed.  
Any thing else the writer or director worked on.  I don't find anything like 
this.  One thing does catch my eye though: "Genre: Comedy".  If 'Diggstown' is a 
comedy, I missed the joke.  It's not a particularly serious, dramatic, or (for 
that matter) believable movie, but neither is it funny.

'Diggstown' is about a con man (self proclaimed) Gabriel Cane (James Woods) who 
has just been released from prison.  His first order of business, like any self-
respecting con man is to set up a scenario and fleece a mark or two.  The con he 
sets up is very simple.  He bets the owner of Diggstown (don't ask) that his man 
(Louis Gossett Jr.) can out box any ten of the town's residents.  The town 
owner, John Gillon (Bruce Dern), takes his bet.  Where's the con you ask?  Me 
too. Early in the flick there is, to its credit, one scene where Gabriel's 
requisite buddy (Oliver Platt) sort of hustles some locals out of a few hundred 
bucks playing pool and poker.

'Diggstown' is formulaic and predictable.  Just to dispel any rumors.  It's not 
a comedy.  It's not a story about a confidence scheme.  It's a story about a bet 
amongst shady (not to mention one-dimensional) characters.

If you're looking for a boxing movie, try 'Rocky'.  A con movie, look into David 
Mamet's 'House of Games'.