"Wait till you see the weird part."

1979

1h 59m

6.6(70 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

A semi-fictional account of life as a professional football player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.

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Cast & Crew

38 members

Acting

Nick Nolte

Phillip Elliott

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Mac Davis

Seth Maxwell

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Charles Durning

Coach Johnson

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Dayle Haddon

Charlotte Caulder

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Bo Svenson

Jo Bob Priddy

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John Matuszak

O. W. Shaddock

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Steve Forrest

Conrad Hunter

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G. D. Spradlin

B. A. Strothers

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Dabney Coleman

Emmett Hunter

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Savannah Smith Boucher

Joanne Rodney

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Marshall Colt

Eddie Rand

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Guich Koock

Eddie Rand

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Deborah Benson

Mrs. Hartman

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Jim Boeke

Stallings

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John Bottoms

Vip

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Walter Brooke

Doctor

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Alan Autry

Balford

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Danny J. Bunz

Tony Douglas

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Jane Daly

Ruth

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Rad Daly

Conrad

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Cliff Frazier

Monroe

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Stanley Grover

March

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Glenn-Michael Jones

Locker Boy

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Frank O'Neill

Assistant Trainer

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Tommy Reamon

Delma Huddle

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Tom Reese

Coach Waddy

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Jeff Severson

Partridge

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Grant Kilpatrick

Monsignor

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Kevin Cooney

Pete Peterson

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Tony Frank

Rindquist

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Doug France

Alcie Weeks

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Debbie Turner

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Lauren Jennifer Downing

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Art

Nanci Roberts

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Michael Ballew

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Ross Porter

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Stephen M. Kienzle

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David Lautrec

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