Gridiron Flash
1934 film by Glenn Tryon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gridiron Flash is a 1934 American sports film directed by Glenn Tryon and starring Eddie Quillan, Betty Furness and Grant Mitchell. It was produced and distributed by RKO Pictures. It made a profit of $43,000.[1]
Gridiron Flash | |
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Directed by | Glenn Tryon |
Written by | Glenn Tryon Nicholas T. Barrows Earle Snell Louis Stevens Alden Nash |
Produced by | Louis Sarecky Pandro S. Berman |
Starring | Eddie Quillan Betty Furness Grant Mitchell Lucien Littlefield |
Cinematography | John W. Boyle |
Edited by | George Crone |
Music by | Alberto Colombo |
Production company | |
Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
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Running time | 64 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $78,000[1] |
Box office | $199,000[1] |
Belford College's football team is so bad, unscrupulous benefactor Howard Smith recruits a jailed thief, Tommy "Cherub" Burke, after seeing him play with a football in the prison yard.
Tommy's parole is arranged. He joins the team, alienating other students with his behavior so much that Jane Thurston from the registrar's office takes a personal interest, unaware of his criminal history. The team wins every game but Tommy gets restless and wants to join a gang. Smith persuades him to rob the jewels of a rich couple, Mr. and Mrs. Fields, and split the loot.
Tommy commits the theft but gets a guilty conscience after being bribed to lose the team's final game. He returns the stolen gems and gets back to campus in time to lead Belford to one final triumph.
- Eddie Quillan as Thomas Burke
- Betty Furness as Jane Thurston
- Grant Mitchell as Howard Smith
- Lucien Littlefield as L.B Fields
- Edgar Kennedy as Officer Thurston
- Grady Sutton as Pudge Harrison
- Joe Sawyer as Coach Eversmith
- Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Fields
- Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p55
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