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"She believed in him. Now he must believe in himself to lead the team to the Super Bowl."

American football coach Chuck Dichter has worked wonders with the Buffalo Bills, and is even confident to crown his career with a Super Bowl victory, but before the play-offs an oyster food-poisoning wipes out his first team for a month. Dan Heller, an insurance salesman and former college quarterback, who was hired -relactantly, but his wife twisted his arm- just for practice, now has to captain and train a bunch of rookies and old-timers against the hardest adversaries. Dichter decides to sign up triple Super Bowl-winner Tommy Baker in Dan's place...

Top Cast

  • Jon Voight

    Jon Voight

    Coach Chuck Dichter

  • Gil Bellows

    Gil Bellows

    Dan Heller

  • Teri Polo

    Teri Polo

    Connie Heller

  • Richard T. Jones

    Richard T. Jones

    Gerry Fullerton

  • Garcelle Beauvais

    Garcelle Beauvais

    Larissa Fullerton

  • George Eads

    George Eads

    Tommy Baker

  • Charles Malik Whitfield

    Charles Malik Whitfield

    Lenny Voyles

  • Lamont Johnson

    Lamont Johnson

    Ernie Weathers

  • Ingo Neuhaus

    Ingo Neuhaus

    Randy Johnson

Overview

American football coach Chuck Dichter has worked wonders with the Buffalo Bills, and is even confident to crown his career with a Super Bowl victory, but before the play-offs an oyster food-poisoning wipes out his first team for a month. Dan Heller, an insurance salesman and former college quarterback, who was hired -relactantly, but his wife twisted his arm- just for practice, now has to captain and train a bunch of rookies and old-timers against the hardest adversaries. Dichter decides to sign up triple Super Bowl-winner Tommy Baker in Dan's place...

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