COLLEGE COACH
aka FOOTBALL COACH
DIRECTED BY WILLIAM A.WELLMAN
WARNER BROS
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Information from IMDb
Plot Summary
A ruthless coach (Pat O'Brien) creates turmoil at a college by hiring players
(Lyle Talbot) and alienating students (Dick Powell).
Along the way, the coach loses his wife (Ann Dvorak) 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.
Written by Ed Lorusso
Full Cast
Dick Powell ... Philip 'Phil' / 'Sarge' Sargeant
Ann Dvorak ... Claire Gore
Pat O'Brien ... Coach James Gore
Arthur Byron ... Dr. Phillip Sargent
Lyle Talbot ... Herbert P. 'Buck' Weaver
Hugh Herbert ... J. Marvin Barnett
Arthur Hohl ... Seymour Young
Charles C. Wilson ... Charles Hauser
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams ... Matthews (as Guinn Williams)
Nat Pendleton ... Ladislaus Petrowski
Phillip Reed ... 'Wes' Westerman
Donald Meek ... Prof. Spencer Trask
Berton Churchill ... Otis
Harry Beresford ... Professor
Herman Bing ... Prof. Glantz
Joe Sawyer ... Holcomb (as Joe Sauers)
Philip Faversham ... Editor
William Austin ... Finch - Biography Writer (uncredited)
Ward Bond ... Assistant Coach (uncredited)
James Donlan ... Reporter (uncredited)
Sammy Fain ... Piano Player (uncredited)
Dick French ... Bystander in Nightclub (uncredited)
Lew Harvey ... Four Aces Fan (uncredited)
Sam Hayes ... Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Leyland Hodgson ... Regent (uncredited)
Edward Keane ... Shoe Company Executive (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee ... Photographer (uncredited)
John Marston ... Regent (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel ... Lunch Wagon Proprietor (uncredited)
Edward McWade ... Regent (uncredited)
Buddy Messinger ... Newsboy (uncredited)
Dave O'Brien ... Student on Tennis Court (uncredited)
Alexander Pollard ... Waiter (uncredited)
Jed Prouty ... Campfire Boy Leader (uncredited)
Harry Seymour ... Reporter (uncredited)
Eddie Shubert ... Reporter (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley ... Regent (uncredited)
Larry Steers ... Man with Check (uncredited)
Phil Tead ... Reporter (uncredited)
Richard Tucker ... Regent (uncredited)
John Wayne ... Student Greeting Phil (uncredited)
Writing Credits
Niven Busch (story & screenplay) &
Manuel Seff (story & screenplay)
Original Music
Bernhard Kaun (uncredited)
Cinematography
Arthur L. Todd
Trivia
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Goofs
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Filming Locations
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