Movie · Comedy · Sport

In the small New England town of Charlestown, the local mill is about to lay off 10,000 workers. The town's minor league hockey team, the Charlestown Chiefs, is doing no better. After years of failure, this will be the team's last season. Exasperated player and coach Reggie Dunlop (Paul Newman) lets the club's recent acquisitions, the Hanson Brothers, play. The brothers' actively violent and thuggish style of play excites the fans. Dunlop retools the team, using violence to draw big crowds.

1977 · 2h 3m
Director George Roy Hill

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In the small New England town of Charlestown, the local mill is about to lay off 10,000 workers. The town's minor league hockey team, the Charlestown Chiefs, is doing no better. After years of failure, this will be the team's last season. Exasperated player and coach Reggie Dunlop (Paul Newman) lets the club's recent acquisitions, the Hanson Brothers, play. The brothers' actively violent and thuggish style of play excites the fans. Dunlop retools the team, using violence to draw big crowds.

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Average 7.1
Reviews 38
Fresh 33
Rotten 5

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Studio
Universal Pictures
Released
1977
Run Time
2 hr 3 min
Rated
18+
Region of Origin
United States
© 1977 Universal Pictures. All Rights Reserved.

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English, French
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English (United States) (AAC)

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English (United States) (SDH), Arabic , Bulgarian , Croatian , Czech , Danish , Dutch , Finnish , French (France) , German (Germany) , Greek , Hebrew , Hungarian , Icelandic , Italian (Italy) , Norwegian , Polish , Portuguese (Portugal) , Romanian , Russian , Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish , Turkish