The Big Game
YOU'LL CHEER!
NR 1936 · 74 min · ★ 6.6 · Drama, Romance
A quarterback stands against gangsters out to control the college sports scene.
Directed by Edward Killy · Written by Francis Wallace
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Phillip Huston Clark Jenkins -
June Travis Margaret Anthony -
James Gleason George Scott -
Bruce Cabot Cal Calhoun -
Andy Devine Pop Andrews -
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams Pete Jenkins -
John Arledge Spike Adams -
C. Henry Gordon Brad Anthony -
Ward Bond Gambler -
Dick Elliott Lowell -
Billy Gilbert Fisher -
Barbara Pepper Lois
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