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Blood Sport (1973)
Directed by Jerrold Freedman
Overview
A searing commentary on the “win at all costs” mentality of American high school sports. David Lee Birdsong is the smalltown quarterback hoping to escape with a college scholarship and a pro career. David’s father is the overbearing taskmaster vicariously living through his son. The third side of the triangle is Coach Marshall, a hypercritical and cruel man who sees David as the key to his future success. David’s lockstep commitment to his father and coach is altered when he witnesses a teammate die after a grueling practice.
Rated NR | Length 73 minutes
Actors
Ben Johnson | Gary Busey | Larry Hagman | William Lucking | David Doyle | Mimi Saffian | Peggy Rea | Craig Richard Nelson | Michael Talbott | Val Avery | Jan Clayton | Misty Rowe | William Hansen | Michael Lembeck | Asher Brauner | Lee Delano