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46% Critic Match
College Coach
“Warner Bros' All American smash of the hour with DICK POWELL-ANN DVORAK PAT O'BRIEN LYLE TALBOT”
4.6 / 10• 1933• 1h 15m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
Ruthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students. Along the way, the coach loses his wife Claire Gore to a grandstanding player. Inside look at college football of the 1930s replete with fake grades, non-student players, and the importance of football to a college's reputation.
Cast & Crew
Dick Powell
Phil "Sarge" Sargeant
Lead
Ann Dvorak
Claire Gore
Pat O'Brien
Coach Gore
Arthur Byron
Phillip Sargent
Lyle Talbot
Buck Weaver
Hugh Herbert
Barnett
Arthur Hohl
Seymour Young
Charles C. Wilson
Charles Hauser
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. William A. Wellman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. College Coach is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
