Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1974-08-21) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 4 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $43,008,075 |
| Screen: | Tracy Keenan Wynn, Albert S. Ruddy |
| Productions: | Paramount Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 16475: Burt Reynolds - Paul Crewe
- 11998: Eddie Albert - Warden Hazen
- 21523: Ed Lauter - Captain Knauer
- 40390: Michael Conrad - Nate Scarboro
- 14848: James Hampton - Caretaker
- 18894: Harry Caesar - Granville
- 101765: John Steadman - Pop
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- 21011: Frank De Vol - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 41141: James Dowell Vance - Production Design - Art
- 14431: Joseph F. Biroc - Director of Photography - Camera
- 457: Albert S. Ruddy - Producer - Production
- 7513: Raphael Bretton - Set Decoration - Art
- 21781: Michael Luciano - Editor - Editing
- 41140: Joyce Selznick - Casting - Production
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Reviews
John Chard
Review text:
Football and prison is a recipe for brutal mirth. Disgraced former pro football quarterback Paul Crewe is sent to prison after a drunken night to remember. The prison is run by Warden Hazen, a football nut who spies an opportunity to utilise Crewe's ability at the sport to enhance ....
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On the face of it, the warden "Eddie Albert" maybe wasn't having his brightest idea when he decides that his prisoners should play a game of American football against his guards, but when a former pro is sent down for eighteen months after an altercation with a Citröen and the harbou ....
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