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Spring Fever is a film of genre Drama directed by Joseph L. Scanlan released in USA on 14 january 1983 with Susan Anton
Spring Fever (1982)
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Add to a movie listSpring Fever is a 1982 film set in the world of competitive tennis. It was produced with the participation at the Canadian Film Development Corporation and Famous Players Limited.
Synopsis
Stevie Castle is a Las Vegas showgirl whose teen daughter K.C. demonstrates a promising aptitude for tennis. But when K.C. enters a local tournament, she encounters hostility and snobbery from the tennis crowd due to her mother's profession.Actors
Susan Anton
(Stevie Castle)
Jessica Walter
(Celia Berryman)
Stephen Young
(Neil Berryman)
Frank Converse
(Lewis Berryman)
Barbara Cook
(Chris)
Stephen Shellen
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