A man returns to college and is talked into joining he football team and is a real joke on the team, until he is given a drug that gives him super strength.
Acting
Joe E. Brown's elastic face and legendary yell comedy.
Practical Effects
Pre-digital football chaos with real 1930s college athletes.
Director
Edward Sedgwick
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Hollywood's Golden Age of physical comedy, this captures Joe E. Brown at his peak before Warner Bros. sidelined him into B-movies.
The 'super strength' plot device predates Captain America by three years, making this an accidental superhero prototype with zero self-awareness about performance-enhancing drugs.
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