A sadistic warden asks a former pro quarterback, now serving time in his prison, to put together a team of inmates to take on (and get pummeled by) the guards.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Burt Reynolds | ... | Paul Crewe | |
| Eddie Albert | ... | Warden Hazen | |
| Ed Lauter | ... | Captain Knauer | |
| Michael Conrad | ... | Nate Scarboro | |
| James Hampton | ... | Caretaker (as Jim Hampton) | |
| Harry Caesar | ... | Granville | |
| John Steadman | ... | Pop | |
| Charles Tyner | ... | Unger | |
| Mike Henry | ... | Rassmeusen | |
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Jim Nicholson | ... | Ice Man |
| Bernadette Peters | ... | Warden's Secretary | |
| Pervis Atkins | ... | Mawabe | |
| Tony Cacciotti | ... | Rotka | |
| Anitra Ford | ... | Melissa | |
| Michael Fox | ... | Announcer | |
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A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards. His dilemma is that the warden asks him to throw the game in return for an early release, but he is also concerned about the inmates' lack of self-esteem. Written by Matt Heffernan <msh6880@cs.rit.edu>
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THE AUDIENCES DON'T JUST SEE IT - They talk to it! They cheer it! They roar with it! They explode with it! They love it! See more »Parents Guide:
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30 August 1974 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$2,900,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$43,008,075, 31 December 1974Company Credits
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Melissa: How long do we have to keep watching this crap?... Only a moron can sit and watch two football games, one after the other.
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by Al Sherman (as Sherman), Al Lewis (as Lewis) and Buddy Fields (as Fields)
Performed by The Soul Touchers Band and Chorus
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Ray Nitschke, the Green Bay Packer great, played a game called "Kill the Star" while on the playing field with Burt Reynolds. See more »Goofs
After Paul backs the car off of the rising drawbridge, the rear end is smashed, and the trunk lid is flapping up and down. When he drives it down to the bay to dunk it in the water, the trunk lid is securely closed. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Melissa: How long do we have to keep watching this crap?... Only a moron can sit and watch two football games, one after the other.
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The 1995 VHS USA re-release does not feature the song "Saturday Night Special" by Lynyrd Skynyrd during the chase scene. Instead, there is no music during the chase. See more »Soundtracks
You Gotta Be a Football Heroby Al Sherman (as Sherman), Al Lewis (as Lewis) and Buddy Fields (as Fields)
Performed by The Soul Touchers Band and Chorus
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After seeing this flick again last year after I don't know how long, at first I wondered why I used to really like this film. But after watching the whole thing to the end, I remember why. This is one of those films that generated a whole bunch of "copy-cat" movies, none which are even worth remembering (or seeing). Sure, it's a macho-man movie, but it works, and to see the talent (both actors and ex-pro ball players) on the screen, this is a movie you can watch over and over. By the way, it was refreshing to see the widescreen DVD version which was just released.