High school track coach Molly McGrath knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite snickers from fellow staff members and her former husband.
Acting
Goldie Hawn's manic determination sells every ridiculous training montage.
Costume
The shoulder pads. The perm. The tracksuits. A time capsule.
Director
Michael Ritchie
Goldie Hawn
Molly McGrath
Swoosie Kurtz
Verna McGrath
Robyn Lively
Alice Needham
Brandy Gold
Marian Needham
James Keach
Frank Needham
Jan Hooks
Stephanie Needham
Bruce McGill
Dan Darwell
Nipsey Russell
Ben Edwards
Mykelti Williamson
Levander 'Bird' Williams
Tab Thacker
Phillip Finch
Wesley Snipes
Trumaine
Jsu Garcia
Cerulo
Woody Harrelson
Krushinski
M. Emmet Walsh
Walt Coes
Ellia English
Marva
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was director Michael Ritchie's attempt to repeat his Fletch success with another Goldie Hawn sports comedy. It didn't quite land.
The film quietly pioneered the 'woman enters male space and wins through persistence' template that A League of Their Own would perfect later.
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