Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
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.
- prison
- sports
- american football
- georgia
- quarterback
- palm beach
- florida
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- James Hampton — Caretaker
- Harry Caesar — Granville
- John Steadman — Pop
- Charles Tyner — Unger
- Mike Henry — Rassmeusen
- Richard Kiel — Samson
- Pervis Atkins — Mawabe
- Bernadette Peters — Miss Toot
- Jim Nicholson — Ice Man
- Tony Cacciotti — Rotka
- Anitra Ford — Melissa
- Directed
- Robert Aldrich
- Written
- Albert S. Ruddy, Tracy Keenan Wynn
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 335 ratings
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
