Synopsis
An ex-football star, paralyzed from the waist down during Vietnam, accepts the challenge of coaching football in a juvenile reform school.
Movie Information
- Director
- Don Medford
- Writers
- Frank Abatemarco
- Release Year
- 1980
- Runtime
- 90 minutes
- Genre
- Drama, TV Movie
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 (3 votes)
Top Cast
Robert Conrad
Jim Brandon
Erin Gray
Paula DeFalco
Red West
Superintendant Turner
Daphne Maxwell Reid
Merissa Lane
David Raynr
Munroe 'Sweetlife' Johnson
Ricky Paull Goldin
Andy DeFalco
Alex Paez
Hector Estrada
Radames Torres
Effie 'Peanut' Rodriguez
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