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Trouble Along the Way (1953)
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4 April 1953 (USA)
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That all-man "Quiet Man" has a new kind of dame to tame! more
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Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds...
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Winning Isn't Everything, It's the only thing - John Wayne, Not Vince Lombardi
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | John Wayne | ... | Stephen 'Steve' Aloysius Williams |
 | Donna Reed | ... | Alice Singleton |
 | Charles Coburn | ... | Father Matthew William Burke |
| Tom Tully | ... | Father Malone |
| Sherry Jackson | ... | Carol Williams |
| Marie Windsor | ... | Anne Williams McCormick |
| Tom Helmore | ... | Harold McCormick |
| Dabbs Greer | ... | Father Mahoney |
| Leif Erickson | ... | Father Provincial aka Ed |
| Douglas Spencer | ... | Father Procurator aka George |
| Lester Matthews | ... | Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea |
| Chuck Connors | ... | Stan Schwegler |
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Alma Mater
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110 min
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Several Loyola-Marymount football players played in the football scenes.
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Errors in geography: Although the movie is set at a college in New York, there is a California flag flying near the stadium when Steve first meets the football team.
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Steve Aloysius Williams:
Oh, it's a fine game, football - noble game. Originated in England in 1823. An enterprising young man named William Weber Ellis - who studied for the ministry, by the way - found his team behind in a soccer game, so he picked up the ball, and ran through the amazed opponents for a thoroughly illegal touchdown...
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Referenced in Remember the Titans (2000)
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The Notre Dame Victory March
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The quote "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing" was actually a quote made by John Wayne in this 1953 film, "Trouble Along The Way". John Wayne does a fine job playing a college football coach, Steve Williams, who get's incorrectly caught up in a recruiting scandal. Sherry Jackson plays his daughter who idolizes him and demonstrates her excellent acting ability. I'm not a big football fan, but really enjoyed this film. Not only for the nostalgic look at the days when college football was fun and not the principal business of the university, but for the ethics that were around during that period of time.
Wayne makes the statement in the film many years before Vince Lombardi is credited with it.