Die Kampfmaschine (1974)
Paul Crewe, ehemaliger Football Star und jetzt hauptsächlich Playboy, überwirft sich mit einer reichen Freundin, flitzt mit ihrem Sportwagen davon und landet umgehend im Gefängnis. In diesem Gefängnis ist die Hölle los. Auch Crewe gerät in die Zwistigkeiten zwischen Oberaufseher und Direktor und fällt in Ungnade, als er dem sportbegeisterten Direktor abschlägt, seine Fastprofi-Aufsehermannschaft zu trainieren. Nach einem Aufenthalt im mörderischen Straflager zeigt er sich dann doch geneigt, eine Football-Mannschaft zu trainieren - allerdings die gegnerische, die Mannschaft der Sträflinge, und es gelingt ihm, trotz aller Schwächen, sie zu einer Kampfmaschine hochzupuschen.
Der Regisseur:
Robert Aldrich
Der Autor:
Tracy Keenan Wynn
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Burt Reynolds as Paul Crewe |
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Eddie Albert as Warden Hazen |
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Ed Lauter as Captain Knauer |
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Michael Conrad as Nate Scarboro |
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James Hampton as Caretaker |
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Harry Caesar as Granville |
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John Steadman as Pop |
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Charles Tyner as Unger |
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Mike Henry as Rassmeusen |
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Richard Kiel as Samson |
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Pervis Atkins as Mawabe |
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Bernadette Peters as Miss Toot |
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Jim Nicholson as Ice Man |
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Tony Cacciotti as Rotka |
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Anitra Ford as Melissa |
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Tony Reese as Levitt |
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Michael Fox as Announcer |
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Dino Washington as Mason |
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George A. Jones as Big George |
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Chuck Hayward as Trooper I |
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Mort Marshall as Assistant Warden |
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Joe Kapp as Walking Boss |
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Pepper Martin as Shop Steward |
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Ray Nitschke as Bogdanski |
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Sonny Sixkiller as The Indian |
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Robert Tessier as Shokner |
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Ernie Wheelwright as Spooner |
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Joe Dorsey as Bartender |
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Gus Carlucci as Team Doctor |
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Jack Rockwell as Trainer |
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Sonny Shroyer as Tannen |
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Ray Ogden as Schmidt |
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Don Ferguson as Referee |
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Alfie Wise as Trooper II |
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Steve Wilder as J.J. |
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Wilbur Gillian as Big Wilbur |
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Wilson Warren as Buttercup |
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Joe Jackson as Little Joe |
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Howard Silverstein as Howie |
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Donald Hixon as Donny |
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Gerald Michael Atkins as Con / Football player (uncredited) |
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Malcolm Atterbury as Bit Part (uncredited) |
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J. Don Ferguson as Football Referee (uncredited) |
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Lance Fuller as Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Harold Morris as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Bill Rampley as Guard / Football Player (uncredited) |
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James Hooks Reynolds as Con Football Player (uncredited) |
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Philip Wende as Guard (uncredited) |
| Camera | Joseph F. Biroc | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Robert Aldrich | Director |
| Writing | Tracy Keenan Wynn | Screenplay |
| Art | Raphael Bretton | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Michael Luciano | Editor |
| Production | Joyce Selznick | Casting |
| Production | Albert S. Ruddy | Producer |
| Sound | Frank De Vol | Original Music Composer |
| Art | James Dowell Vance | Production Design |
| Writing | Albert S. Ruddy | Story |
| Sound | Jim Foglesong | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | John Wilkinson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Chuck Hayward | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tom Ellingwood | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Alan P. Horowitz | Associate Producer |
| Production | Steven R. Stevens | Casting |
| Directing | Clifford C. Coleman | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Fred Faust | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Guy Del Russo | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | James Fritch | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Howard Beals | Sound Editor |
| Directing | Hal Needham | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | Gordon Daniel | Sound Editor |
| Directing | Ron Wright | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Hal Needham | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Glenn R. Wilder | Stunts |
| Crew | Frank Orsatti | Stunts |
| Crew | Pat Studstill | Stunts |
| Crew | Louie Elias | Stunts |
| Crew | James M. Halty | Stunts |
| Crew | Mickey Caruso | Stunts |
| Crew | Denny Arnold | Stunts |
| Crew | Gary McLarty | Stunts |
| Crew | Thol Simonson | Special Effects |
