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 Reynolds
Paul Crewe
Eddie Albert
Warden Hazen
Ed Lauter
Captain Knauer
Michael Conrad
Nate Scarboro
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
Tony Reese
Levitt
Michael Fox
Announcer
Dino Washington
Mason
George A. Jones
Big George
Chuck Hayward
Trooper I
Mort Marshall
Assistant Warden
Joe Kapp
Walking Boss
Pepper Martin
Shop Steward
Ray Nitschke
Bogdanski
Sonny Sixkiller
The Indian
Robert Tessier
Shokner
Ernie Wheelwright
Spooner
Joe Dorsey
Bartender
Gus Carlucci
Team Doctor
Jack Rockwell
Trainer
Sonny Shroyer
Tannen
Ray Ogden
Schmidt
Don Ferguson
Referee
Alfie Wise
Trooper II
Steve Wilder
J.J.
Wilbur Gillian
Big Wilbur
Wilson Warren
Buttercup
Joe Jackson
Little Joe
Howard Silverstein
Howie
Donald Hixon
Donny
Gerald Michael Atkins
Con / Football player (uncredited)
Malcolm Atterbury
Bit Part (uncredited)
J. Don Ferguson
Football Referee (uncredited)
Lance Fuller
Secondary Role (uncredited)
Harold Morris
Minor Role (uncredited)
Bill Rampley
Guard / Football Player (uncredited)
James Hooks Reynolds
Con Football Player (uncredited)
Philip Wende
Guard (uncredited)
Crew
Robert Aldrich
Director
Tracy Keenan Wynn
Screenplay
Albert S. Ruddy
Story, Producer
Michael Luciano
Editor
Joseph F. Biroc
Director of Photography
Ron Wright
Second Assistant Director
Clifford C. Coleman
Assistant Director
Alan P. Horowitz
Associate Producer
James Dowell Vance
Production Design
Joyce Selznick
Casting
Steven R. Stevens
Casting
Tom Ellingwood
Makeup Artist
Guy Del Russo
Makeup Artist
Hal Needham
Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
James Fritch
Sound Editor
Gordon Daniel
Sound Editor
Howard Beals
Sound Editor
John Wilkinson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Fred Faust
Sound Mixer
Jim Foglesong
Sound Recordist
Thol Simonson
Special Effects
Frank De Vol
Original Music Composer
Raphael Bretton
Set Decoration
Chuck Hayward
Stunts
Frank Orsatti
Stunts
Denny Arnold
Stunts
Pat Studstill
Stunts
Louie Elias
Stunts
Gary McLarty
Stunts
James M. Halty
Stunts
Mickey Caruso
Stunts
Glenn R. Wilder
Stunts
