Movie Drama
A SCREEN SCOOP...TOM HARMON...THE FOOTBALL STAR OF THE DECADE...BROUGHT TO YOU AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS FAME!
A former University of Michigan football star (Tom Harmon) rejects an opportunity to play professional football. Instead, he marries his college sweetheart (Anita Louise) and begins a career as a college football coach.
Tom Harmon Anita Louise Forest Evashevski Oscar O'Shea Warren Ashe Stanley Brown Ken Christy Tim Ryan William Hall Larry Parks Lloyd Bridges Chester Conklin Sam Balter Wendell Niles Tom Hanlon Ken Niles Jack Carr Hal Cooke David Durand Edythe Elliott Bill Henry Dick Hogan Art Howard Edward Keane Harold Landon Eddie Laughton Nick Lukats Kenneth MacDonald Knox Manning Paul McVey Jack O'Malley Franklin Parker Cyril Ring Tom Seidel Ben Taggart John Tyrrell Morgan Wallace
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