Fast Break (1979)
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.
107 min
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.
- Release date
- March 2, 1979
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Gabe Kaplan as David Greene
- Harold Sylvester as D.C.
- Michael Warren as Tommy 'Preacher' White
- Bernard King as Hustler
- Reb Brown as Bull
- Mavis Washington as Swish
- Bert Remsen as Bo Winnegar
- Randee Heller as Jan
- Connie Sawyer as Mom
- John Chappell as Alton Gutkas
Crew
- Jack Smight · Director
- Sandor Stern · Writer
- Marc Kaplan · Writer
- Stephen J. Friedman · Producer
- James Di Pasquale · Composer
- David Shire · Composer
- Charles Correll · Cinematographer
- Frank J. Urioste · Editor
- Lynn Stalmaster · Casting director