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53% Critic Match
Fast Break
“Gabe Kaplan's having a ball! - His dream team's got a preacher, a jailbird, a pool shark, a muscleman. And the best guy on the team is a girl.”
5.3 / 10• 1979• 1h 47m•PG• English
Comedy
Storyline
David Greene is a New York basketball enthusiast, who wants to coach. He is then offered the coaching job at a small Nevada college. He brings along some players, who are a bit odd but good. Like Swish who unknown to the rest of the team is a girl. Preacher, who's being sought by some nefarious characters. And D.C., who's a fugitive. And along with some of the students at the college, he turns them into a contender. In order to give the tam the respect they deserve and some exposure, Greene schemes to try and get the number 1 team led by Bo Winnegar, to play them.
Cast & Crew
Gabe Kaplan
David Greene
Lead
Harold Sylvester
D.C.
Michael Warren
Preacher
Bernard King
Hustler
Reb Brown
Bull
MW
Mavis Washington
Swish
Bert Remsen
Bo Winnegar
Randee Heller
Jan
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jack Smight's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Fast Break is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
