

A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.
Acting
Reynolds and Kristofferson's effortless locker-room chemistry.
Direction
Ritchie nails the greasy spectacle of pro sports.
Writing
Dan Jenkins' novel adapted with genuine bite.

Director
Michael Ritchie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Burt Reynolds and Kris Kristofferson became real-life friends during filming, often improvising scenes that director Michael Ritchie kept in the final cut.
The film satirizes the 1970s self-help craze through the 'Bismark' character—Ritchie's direct jab at Werner Erhard's EST seminars that were colonizing Hollywood at the time.