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Blood Sport

(1973)

December 5, 1973• 1h 13m
79%
TMDB Score

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.

Jerrold Freedman

Director

Top Billed Cast

BJ

Ben Johnson

Dwayne Birdsong

GB

Gary Busey

David Lee Birdsong

LH

Larry Hagman

Coach Marshall

WL

William Lucking

Dennis Birdsong

DD

David Doyle

Mr. Schmidt

MM

Mimi Maynard

Mary Louise Schmidt

PR

Peggy Rea

Mrs. Birdsong

CRN

Craig Richard Nelson

Michael Braun

MT

Michael Talbott

Bubba Montgomery

VA

Val Avery

Frank Dorsdale