It's the biggest event of the year — the Super Bowl! But the star players for the Cougars, gathered in New Orleans for the big game, are preoccupied with some serious off-the-field issues. Dave Walecki's marriage to his wife Nancy is falling apart, while Jim McCauley is involved in a shady deal with a management firm that could destroy his career. But that's nothing compared to the real drama. There's an assassin killing off many of the team's personnel (as well as their chances of winning)!
Production
Actual Superdome footage elevates the budget-conscious spectacle.
Acting
David Janssen visibly calculating his mortgage payments.
Director
Jerry Jameson
David Janssen
Mike Shelley
Edie Adams
Joyce
Clifton Davis
P.K. Jackson
Peter Haskell
Doug Collins
Ken Howard
Dave Walecki
Susan Howard
Nancy Walecki
Van Johnson
Chip Green
Vonetta McGee
Sonny
Donna Mills
Lainie Wiley
Ed Nelson
George Beldridge
Jane Wyatt
Fay Bonelli
Tom Selleck
Jim McCauley
Robin Mattson
Gail Green
Shelly Novack
Peter Brooks
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months before the actual Super Bowl XIII, this was ABC's attempt to cash in on football mania with a murder mystery hybrid that nobody asked for.
Director Jerry Jameson specialized in disaster TV movies (Airport '77, Raise the Titanic), making this his most grounded catastrophe.
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