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About
Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could crush the player's dreams.
Theatrical
Oct 21, 1983
Box Office
$17.2M
Budget
$5.6M
Return
3.1x
DVD / Blu-ray
May 3, 2011
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
Lucille Ball Productions, 20th Century Fox
Quotes
See all →Competing with a Winning Mindset
Taglines
He plays to win
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Winning as the Only Escape
Taglines
Tom Cruise and Craig T. Nelson Discover Winning Is the Only Way Out.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
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Tom Cruise
Stefen Djordjevic
C
Craig T. Nelson
Nickerson
L
Lea Thompson
Lisa
C
Charles Cioffi
Pop Djordjevic
G
Gary Graham
Greg Djordjevic
P
Paul Carafotes
Vinnie Salvucci
C
Chris Penn
Brian Riley
S
Sandy Faison
Suzie Nickerson
J
James A. Baffico
Bosko
M
Mel Winkler
Jess Covington
K
Keith Diamond
Fox
P
Paige Price
Tracy
K
Kyle Scott Jackson
Sherman Williams
T
Terry O'Quinn
Freeman Smith
V
Victor Arnold
Henry the Bartender
D
Dick Miller
Teacher in Auditorium
E
Emma Floria
Angela
T
Thomas Boyd
Official
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Leon
Shadow
