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AMERICA'S NEW ACTION STAR

NR 1936 · 74 min · ★ 5.7 · Drama, Action

Martin Granville Jr., a star track-and-field athlete, has intentions of going to Claxton College, but changes his mind when he meets Pat Meredith, a co-ed at a rival college, changes his mind team and goes to college there, just as his father Martin Granville Sr., an alum of the school, had wished. But his father has ordered him not to play football. "Dad" Granville, has offered a $100,000 endowment to his old school, not knowing his son has joined the football team, but is going to withdraw it if his son plays in the Big Game against Claxton.

Directed by Robert F. Hill · Written by William Buchanan

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Bruce Bennett Martin Granville
Edward Nugent Jack Gaines
Jeanne Martel Pat Meredith
Betty Compson 'Fluff' Harding
Grady Sutton Hank Durkee
Duncan Renaldo Lew Ashley
David Sharpe 'Buzzy' Vincent
Sammy Cohen Abie
Forrest Taylor Coach Rodney
Richard Tucker Lyman Gaines
Sam Flint Martin Granville Sr.
Phil Dunham Pericles Panopulous

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