A young insecure college sportsman is in trouble. He wants to marry his very straightforward girlfriend, but has no money. When he is offered a bribe to fix a game, he is torn even more about the matter.
Acting
Fonda's impossibly wide-eyed debut; Perkins wringing sweetness from nothing.
Direction
Joshua Logan staging basketball like bedroom farce.
Director
Joshua Logan
Jane Fonda
June Ryder
Anthony Perkins
Ray Blent
Ray Walston
Professor Leo Sullivan
Marc Connelly
Professor Charles Osman
Tom Laughlin
Fred Jensen
Barbara Darrow
Frieda Jensen
Murray Hamilton
Coach Sandy Hardy
Anne Jackson
Myra Sullivan
Richard Harrison
Student
Robert Redford
Basketball Player (uncredited)
Gary Lockwood
Russian basketball player
Fred Aldrich
Moving Man (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Jane Fonda's film debut; she'd just dropped out of Vassar and reportedly hated the 'dumb blonde' role so much she almost quit acting entirely.
The film's original Broadway source was by Russel Crouse and Howard Lindsay—the same team behind 'The Sound of Music' and 'State of the Union,' making this their horniest project by miles.
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