The Pittsburgh basketball team is hopeless. Maybe with the aid of an astrologer, and some new astrologically compatible players, they can become winners.
Acting
Julius Erving's wooden charm and Jonathan Winters doing double duty
Costume
The most unhinged basketball uniforms in cinema history
Score
Disco-funk soundtrack that refuses to quit
Director
Gilbert Moses
Julius Erving
Moses Guthrie
Jonathan Winters
H.S. / Harvey Tilson
Jack Kehoe
Setshot
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Margaret Avery
Toby Millman
Michael V. Gazzo
Harry the Trainer
Nicholas Pryor
George Brockington
M. Emmet Walsh
Wally Cantrell
Stockard Channing
Mona Mondieu
Flip Wilson
Coach "Jock" Delaney
Debbie Allen
Ola
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Pittsburgh Pisces were based on the real Pittsburgh Condors, an ABA team that folded in 1972 after losing nearly every game.
This was part of a brief 70s trend of NBA players in films — Kareem also appeared in Airplane! the following year, suggesting someone thought he had leading man potential.
No ratings yet
Sign in to join the discussion — comments are spoiler-gated to your watch progress.
Discussion starters
US
