Release Date

05 Dec, 1973

Runtime

01:13: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

A searing commentary on the "win at all costs" mentality of American high school sports. David Lee Birdsong is the smalltown quarterback hoping to escape with a college scholarship and a pro career. David's father is the overbearing taskmaster vicariously living through his son. The third side of the triangle is Coach Marshall, a hypercritical and cruel man who sees David as the key to his future success. David's lockstep commitment to his father and coach is altered when he witnesses a teammate die after a grueling practice.

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Actors

Ben Johnson

Gary Busey

Larry Hagman

William Lucking

David Doyle

Mimi Saffian

Peggy Rea

Craig Richard Nelson

Michael Talbott

Val Avery

Jan Clayton

Misty Rowe

William Hansen

Michael Lembeck

Asher Brauner

Lee Delano

Crew

Jerrold Freedman

Richard C. Glouner

Jerrold Freedman

Randy Edelman

Tony Thomas

Bonnie Prendergast

Gerald Shepard

Jack Bear

Calvin Maehl

Joyce Selznick

Paul Junger Witt

Thomas Gark

Roger Sword

Ronald Jacobs