High school athlete Tom Cruise would do anything to escape the dull provincialism of his home town. Cruise's bullying coach Craig T. Nelson cajoles Cruise into seeking an athletic scholarship to a major university. Inevitably, the boy begins to question his goals in life, and soon his soul is the ...more
Although the legendary products of Western Pennsylvania high-school football have given their dying milltowns a somewhat romantic air in countless sports documentaries, reality is a much different thing. In this absorbing drama, Tom Cruise stars as a young cornerback prospect who dreams of being an engineer. Despite his love for pretty Lea Thompson and the respect with which he treats his millworker father, Cruise is desperate to get out of his decaying hometown, and knows that a football ...more
- Tom Cruise - Stef
- Craig T. Nelson - Nickerson
- Lea Thompson - Lisa
- Charles Cioffi - Pop
- Paul Carafotes - Salvucci
- Victor Arnold - Henry the Bartender
- Gary Graham - Greg
- Terry O'Quinn - Freeman Smith
- Dick Miller - Teacher in Auditorium
- Donald A. Yanessa - Coach
- Mel Winkler - Jess Covington
- Kyle-Scott Jackson - Sherman Williams
- Chris Penn - Brian
- Sandy Faison - Suzie
- Michael Chapman - Director
- Gary Morton - Executive Producer
- Stephen Deutsch - Producer
- Gary Morton - Producer
- Mike Kane - Screenwriter
- Mary Ann Biddle - Art Director
- Marci Liroff - Casting
- Phillip Goldfarb - Co-producer
- Deborah Hopper - Costume Designer
- Joseph Roveto - Costume Designer
- Jerry Grandey - First Assistant Director
- Wendy Greene Bricmont - Editor
- David Garfield - Editor
- David Richard Campbell - Composer (Music Score)












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