Directed by:
Michael ChapmanScreenplay:
Michael KaneCinematography:
Jan de BontComposer:
David CampbellCast:
Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Charles Cioffi, Chris Penn, Gary Graham, Leon, Terry O'Quinn, Dick Miller, Paul Carafotes, Victor Arnold (more)Plots(1)
The only way football star Stefan Djordjevic (Tom Cruise) will avoid a life in the blast furnaces of his bleak Pennsylvania hometown is by winning a college scholarship. Even his coach (Craig T. Nelson) dreams of parlaying a winning team into a college job far away from this graveyard of the American Dream. But it's not long before the two virtually ruin each other's chances for escape and their door to the future starts to close. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Tom Cruise
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Craig T. Nelson
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Lea Thompson
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Charles Cioffi
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Chris Penn
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Gary Graham
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Leon
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Terry O'Quinn
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Dick Miller
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Paul Carafotes
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Victor Arnold
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Keith Diamond
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Mel Winkler
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