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Overview

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5.7/10   261 votes
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Director:
Jack Smight
Writers:
Marc Kaplan (story)
Sandor Stern (writer)
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Genre:
Comedy | Sport more
Tagline:
Gabe Kaplan's having a ball! - His dream team's got a preacher, a jailbird, a pool shark, a muscleman. And the best guy on the team is a girl.
Plot:
David Greene is a New York basketball enthusiast, who wants to coach. He is then offered the coaching job at a small Nevada college... more | add synopsis
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eh. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Gabe Kaplan ... David Greene (as Gabriel Kaplan)

Harold Sylvester ... D.C.
Michael Warren ... Tommy 'Preacher' White
Bernard King ... Hustler

Reb Brown ... Bull
Mavis Washington ... Swish
Bert Remsen ... Bo Winnegar
Randee Heller ... Jan
Connie Sawyer ... Mom
John Chappell ... Alton Gutkas
Rhonda Bates ... Enid Gutkas

K Callan ... Ms. Tidwell
Marty Zagon ... Henry
Richard Brestoff ... Howard
Doria Cook-Nelson ... Snooty Girl (as Doria Cook)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
107 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:PG

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Soundtrack:
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1 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
eh., 16 May 2004
6/10
Author: zengator from United States

Not great, not bad, this film from the disco era has not aged well but still contains some amusing moments. (Is it me, or does film and TV from the late 70s seems so much older and dated than from any other time period in the post-WWII era?)

But the thought that kept entering my head as I watched Gabe Kaplan smirk and wink-wink through his performance was that 10 years later, Billy Crystal could have done this movie is his sleep... and done it better.

6 out of 10 stars: perfect during a snooze on a lazy rainy afternoon...

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