College Coach

College Coach

College Coach

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College Coach

"Warner Bros' All American smash of the hour with DICK POWELL-ANN DVORAK PAT O'BRIEN LYLE TALBOT"

1933

1h 15m

4.6(13 votes)

Drama

Overview

Ruthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students. Along the way, the coach loses his wife Claire Gore to a grandstanding player. Inside look at college football of the 1930s replete with fake grades, non-student players, and the importance of football to a college's reputation.

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Warner Bros. Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Dick Powell

Dick Powell

Phil "Sarge" Sargeant

Ann Dvorak

Ann Dvorak

Claire Gore

Pat O'Brien

Pat O'Brien

Coach Gore

Arthur Byron

Arthur Byron

Phillip Sargent

Lyle Talbot

Lyle Talbot

Buck Weaver

Hugh Herbert

Hugh Herbert

Barnett

Arthur Hohl

Arthur Hohl

Seymour Young

Charles Cahill Wilson

Charles Cahill Wilson

Charles Hauser

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Matthews

Nat Pendleton

Nat Pendleton

Petrowski

Creative team

Directed by: William A. Wellman
Written by: Niven Busch
Manuel Seff

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