Synopsis
A searing commentary on the "win at all costs" mentality of American high school sports. David Lee Birdsong is the smalltown quarterback hoping to escape with a college scholarship and a pro career. David's father is the overbearing taskmaster vicariously living through his son. The third side of the triangle is Coach Marshall, a hypercritical and cruel man who sees David as the key to his future success. David's lockstep commitment to his father and coach is altered when he witnesses a teammate die after a grueling practice.
Cast and Crew
Cast: Ben Johnson, Gary Busey, Larry Hagman, William Lucking, David Doyle, Mimi Maynard, Peggy Rea, Craig Richard Nelson, Michael Talbott, Val Avery, Jan Clayton, Misty Rowe, William Hansen, Michael Lembeck, Asher Brauner, Lee Delano
Writer: Jerrold Freedman (Writer)
Cinematographer: Richard C. Glouner
Editor: Gerald Shepard
Sound Designer: Roger Sword, Don S. Walden
Composer: Randy Edelman
Costume Designer: Jack Bear
Direction team: Bonnie Prendergast (Script Supervisor)
Producers: Tony Thomas, Paul Junger Witt
Production: 20th Century Fox Television