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.
Cast
Burt ReynoldsPaul Crewe
Eddie AlbertWarden Hazen
Ed LauterCaptain Knauer
Michael ConradNate Scarboro
James HamptonCaretaker
Harry CaesarGranville
John SteadmanPop
Charles TynerUnger
Mike HenryRassmeusen
Jim NicholsonIce Man
Bernadette PetersMiss Toot
Pervis AtkinsMawabe
Tony CacciottiRotka
Anitra FordMelissa
Richard KielSamson
Tony ReeseLevitt
Michael FoxAnnouncer
Dino WashingtonMason
George A. JonesBig George
Chuck HaywardTrooper I
Mort MarshallAssistant Warden
Joe KappWalking Boss
Pepper MartinShop Steward
Ray NitschkeBogdanski
Sonny SixkillerThe Indian
Robert TessierShokner
Ernie WheelwrightSpooner
Joe DorseyBartender
Gus CarlucciTeam Doctor
Jack RockwellTrainer
Sonny ShroyerTannen
Ray OgdenSchmidt
Don FergusonReferee
Alfie WiseTrooper II
Steve WilderJ.J.
Wilbur GillianBig Wilbur
Wilson WarrenButtercup
Joe JacksonLittle Joe
Howard SilversteinHowie
Donald HixonDonny
Gerald Michael AtkinsCon / Football player (uncredited)
Malcolm AtterburyBit Part (uncredited)
J. Don FergusonFootball Referee (uncredited)
Lance FullerSecondary Role (uncredited)
Harold MorrisMinor Role (uncredited)
Bill RampleyGuard / Football Player (uncredited)
James Hooks ReynoldsCon Football Player (uncredited)