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Release Date: 1979

Cast: Marshall Colt, Nick Nolte, John Matuszak, Dayle Haddon, Dabney Coleman, Mac Davis, Jim Boeke, Bo Svenson, Steve Forrest, Savannah Smith Boucher, Guich Koock, Debbie Turner ...MORE

Cast: Marshall Colt, Nick Nolte, John Matuszak, Dayle Haddon, Dabney Coleman, Mac Davis, Jim Boeke, Bo Svenson, Steve Forrest, Savannah Smith Boucher, Guich Koock, Debbie Turner, Deborah Benson, G. D. Spradlin, Charles Durning ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Sports, Comedy, Film adaptation

North Dallas Forty is a 1979 dramatic film starring Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, and G. D. Spradlin. It was directed by Ted Kotcheff and based on the best selling novel by Peter Gent: the screenplay was by Kotcheff, Gent, Frank Yablans and Nancy Dowd (uncredited). Wide receiver Phil Elliott plays for a 1970s era professional football team based in Dallas, Texas named the North Dallas Bulls, which closely resembles the Dallas Cowboys. The aging Elliott is struggling to stay competitive and relies heavily on painkillers. Elliott and popular quarterback Seth Maxwell are outstanding players, but... MORE

North Dallas Forty is a 1979 dramatic film starring Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, and G. D. Spradlin. It was directed by Ted Kotcheff and based on the best selling novel by Peter Gent: the screenplay was by Kotcheff, Gent, Frank Yablans and Nancy Dowd (uncredited). Wide receiver Phil Elliott plays for a 1970s era professional football team based in Dallas, Texas named the North Dallas Bulls, which closely resembles the Dallas Cowboys. The aging Elliott is struggling to stay competitive and relies heavily on painkillers. Elliott and popular quarterback Seth Maxwell are outstanding players, but they also characterize the drug-, sex-, and alcohol-fueled party atmosphere of NFL teams of this era. Elliott only wants to play the game and retire, and own a home with his girl Charlotte, who he loves. The Bulls play for an iconic coach who turns a blind eye to anything that his players may be doing off the field or anything that his assistant coaches and trainers condone to keep those players in the game. As one player finally erupts to a coach: "Every time I call it a game, you call it a business. And every time I call it a business, you call it a game." Part drama, comedy, and satire, North LESS