Gamblers kidnap Atlantic's star quarterback Clark Jenkins.Gamblers kidnap Atlantic's star quarterback Clark Jenkins.Gamblers kidnap Atlantic's star quarterback Clark Jenkins.
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Phillip Huston
- Clark Jenkins
- (as Philip Huston)
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
- Pete Jenkins
- (as Guinn Williams)
Gomer Jones
- Gomer Jones - Ohio State All-American
- (as Gordon Jones)
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- TriviaThe novel "Big Game" by Francis Wallace was first published as a serial entitled "Odds Against Honor" in Collier's magazine from 26 October to 14 December 1935.. The idea for the riot scene came from an actual riot at a New York University-Fordham University football game. RKO bought 1000 feet of the 1935 Rose Bowl game footage for use in the film. In that game, Alabama beat Stanford 29-13.
- GoofsNear the beginning of the film, in a long shot, a running touchdown play is shown, but the team in white is missing the heavy black stripes on their jerseys as shown earlier on players from "Atlantic University". This happens in other scenarios in the film.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)
Featured review
College quarterback gets involved with gamblers and falls for the daughter of a sports columnist. Movie wavers between sports drama, comedy, and crime picture. The football scenes aren't bad, despite the stock footage. The cast is actually decent. Phillip Huston shows a lot of promise. It was apparently his first film role in a limited career. I'm not sure why he didn't break out. He's not bad looking and has a very relaxed screen manner for 1936. Bruce Cabot is fine. Andy Devine is...well, Andy Devine. Donkey voice and all that. An acquired taste for many. James Gleason is great as usual but this isn't one of his better parts. June Travis is a pretty enough love interest, though a little colorless. Some solid support from Guinn Williams and C. Henry Gordon, among other recognizable faces. Despite being a competent production with some good actors, the film is kind of a snore.
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- Runtime1 hour 14 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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