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He has everything at stake. He can't afford to lose. He's got to make all the right moves.
Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could crush the player's dreams.
Tom Cruise Craig T. Nelson Lea Thompson Charles Cioffi Gary Graham Paul Carafotes Chris Penn Sandy Faison James A. Baffico Mel Winkler Walter Briggs George Betor Leon Jonas Chaka Keith Diamond Paige Price Debra Varnado Donald A. Yannessa Kyle Scott Jackson Terry O'Quinn Victor Arnold Dick Miller Clayton S. Beaujon William L. Stibich Mercy L. Rigby Emma Floria Mary Mihaljevic Dana Hoover Laurel Eatman Donald B. Irwin Darlene Dudukovich Valerie Zabala John W. Simkovic Bill Slivosky Greg Jacobs Thomas Boyd Phillip Zdunczyk
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