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GUS (1976)
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Hank Cooper the owner of a football team that's not doing so well and stands to lose the team to Charles Gwynn who lent Cooper the money he needed to keep the team afloat. Cooper makes a bet with Gwynn if the team can win half the games he keeps the team. Which is 7 games which is more than the number of games they have won in the past few years. That's when Gynn makes a different bet. Saying if a team can go from 0 to 7 can probably win their division, and if a team can do that, they can probably win the super bowl. Eventually Cooper learns of a mule named Gus from Yugoslavia that can kick a ball 100 yards away. He brings the mule and Andy, the boy who takes care of him over to be a novelty act but it isn't long that he makes Gus a part of the team. And they start winning. Gynn worried that they just might win tells his guy Wilson to handle it so he hires two ex-cons Spinner and Crankcase to keep Gus from being at any future games or make sure he can't kick.
Hank Cooper the owner of a football team that's not doing so well and stands to lose the team to Charles Gwynn who lent Cooper the money he needed to keep the team afloat. Cooper makes a bet with Gwynn if the team can win half the games he keeps the team. Which is 7 games which is more than the number of games they have won in the past few years. That's when Gynn makes a different bet. Saying if a team can go from 0 to 7 can probably win their division, and if a team can do that, they can probably win the super bowl. Eventually Cooper learns of a mule named Gus from Yugoslavia that can kick a ball 100 yards away. He brings the mule and Andy, the boy who takes care of him over to be a novelty act but it isn't long that he makes Gus a part of the team. And they start winning. Gynn worried that they just might win tells his guy Wilson to handle it so he hires two ex-cons Spinner and Crankcase to keep Gus from being at any future games or make sure he can't kick.
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Directed by
Vincent McEveety
Writing credits
Ted Key
(story)
Arthur Alsberg
and
Don Nelson
Cast
Edward Asner...Hank Cooper
Don Knotts...Coach Venner
Gary Grimes...Andy Petrovic
Tim Conway...Crankcase
Louise Williams...Debbie Kovac (as Liberty Williams)
Dick Van Patten...Cal Wilson
Ronnie Schell...Joe Barnsdale
Bob Crane...Pepper
Johnny Unitas...Johnny Unitas
Dick Butkus...Rob Cargil
Harold Gould...Charles Gwynn
Tom Bosley...Spinner
Titos Vandis...Papa Petrovic
Hanna Hertelendy...Mama Petrovic
Liam Dunn...Dr. Morgan
Virginia O'Brien...Reporter
Kenneth Tobey...Asst. Warden
Irwin Charone...Hotel Clerk
Timothy Brown...Calvin Barne
Jackson Bostwick...Stjepan Petrovic
John Orchard...Pemberton Captain
Richard Kiel...Tall Man
Henry Slate...Fan
Larry McCormick...N.Y. Broadcaster
Larry Burrell...Locker Room Announcer
Danny Wells...Referee
James Almanzar...Coach Garcia
Milton Frome...Lukom
Iris Adrian...Fan's Wife
Bryan O'Byrne...Grocery Store Mgr
Jack Manning...Mayor
James Brown...Mammoth Coach
Warde Donovan...Butcher
Jeanne Bates...Nurse
Dick Enberg...Atoms' Announcer
George Putnam...TV Interviewer
Stu Nahan...L.A. Sportscaster
Ken Del Conte...Field Goal Kicker O'Brien (uncredited)
Fred Dryer...Atoms player (sideline & showers) (uncredited)
Peter Paul Eastman...Man in Airport (uncredited)
Bowman Upchurch...Binocular man in pressbox (uncredited)
Produced by
Christopher Hibler....associate producer
Ron Miller....producer
Original Music by
Robert F. Brunner
Cinematography by
Frank V. Phillip
(as Frank Phillips)
Film Editing by
Robert Stafford
Art Direction by
John B. Mansbridge
Al Roelofs
Set Decoration by
Frank R. McKelvy
Makeup Department
La Rue Matheron....hair stylist
Robert J. Schiffer....makeup artist
Production Management
Ronald R. Grow....unit production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bud Grace....second assistant director
Ronald R. Grow....assistant director
Pat Kehoe....second assistant director
Arthur J. Vitarelli....second unit director
Sound Department
Frank Regula....sound mixer
Herb Taylor....sound supervisor
George Fredrick....sound editor (uncredited)
Vincent McEveety
Writing credits
Ted Key
(story)
Arthur Alsberg
and
Don Nelson
Cast
Edward Asner...Hank Cooper
Don Knotts...Coach Venner
Gary Grimes...Andy Petrovic
Tim Conway...Crankcase
Louise Williams...Debbie Kovac (as Liberty Williams)
Dick Van Patten...Cal Wilson
Ronnie Schell...Joe Barnsdale
Bob Crane...Pepper
Johnny Unitas...Johnny Unitas
Dick Butkus...Rob Cargil
Harold Gould...Charles Gwynn
Tom Bosley...Spinner
Titos Vandis...Papa Petrovic
Hanna Hertelendy...Mama Petrovic
Liam Dunn...Dr. Morgan
Virginia O'Brien...Reporter
Kenneth Tobey...Asst. Warden
Irwin Charone...Hotel Clerk
Timothy Brown...Calvin Barne
Jackson Bostwick...Stjepan Petrovic
John Orchard...Pemberton Captain
Richard Kiel...Tall Man
Henry Slate...Fan
Larry McCormick...N.Y. Broadcaster
Larry Burrell...Locker Room Announcer
Danny Wells...Referee
James Almanzar...Coach Garcia
Milton Frome...Lukom
Iris Adrian...Fan's Wife
Bryan O'Byrne...Grocery Store Mgr
Jack Manning...Mayor
James Brown...Mammoth Coach
Warde Donovan...Butcher
Jeanne Bates...Nurse
Dick Enberg...Atoms' Announcer
George Putnam...TV Interviewer
Stu Nahan...L.A. Sportscaster
Ken Del Conte...Field Goal Kicker O'Brien (uncredited)
Fred Dryer...Atoms player (sideline & showers) (uncredited)
Peter Paul Eastman...Man in Airport (uncredited)
Bowman Upchurch...Binocular man in pressbox (uncredited)
Produced by
Christopher Hibler....associate producer
Ron Miller....producer
Original Music by
Robert F. Brunner
Cinematography by
Frank V. Phillip
(as Frank Phillips)
Film Editing by
Robert Stafford
Art Direction by
John B. Mansbridge
Al Roelofs
Set Decoration by
Frank R. McKelvy
Makeup Department
La Rue Matheron....hair stylist
Robert J. Schiffer....makeup artist
Production Management
Ronald R. Grow....unit production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bud Grace....second assistant director
Ronald R. Grow....assistant director
Pat Kehoe....second assistant director
Arthur J. Vitarelli....second unit director
Sound Department
Frank Regula....sound mixer
Herb Taylor....sound supervisor
George Fredrick....sound editor (uncredited)