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Wait till you see the weird part. - North Dallas Forty
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Title: North Dallas Forty

Release Date: 3 Aug 1979

Runtime: 1h 59m

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: Frank Yablans Presentations, Regina Associates, Paramount Pictures

Production Companies: Frank Yablans Presentations, Regina Associates, Paramount Pictures

Overview: A semi-fictional account of life as a professional football player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.7 (68 votes)

Cast

  • Phillip Elliott: Nick Nolte
  • Seth Maxwell: Mac Davis
  • Coach Johnson: Charles Durning
  • Charlotte Caulder: Dayle Haddon
  • Jo Bob Priddy: Bo Svenson
  • O. W. Shaddock: John Matuszak
  • Conrad Hunter: Steve Forrest
  • B. A. Strothers: G. D. Spradlin
  • Emmett Hunter: Dabney Coleman
  • Joanne Rodney: Savannah Smith Boucher
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