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Touchdown! is a american film of genre Drama directed by Norman Z. McLeod released in USA on 15 november 1931 with Richard Arlen
Touchdown! (1931)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 15 november 1931
Length 1h19
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating69%
Touchdown is a 1931 American Pre-Code football movie directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Richard Arlen, Peggy Shannon, Jack Oakie and Regis Toomey. Jim Thorpe and Herman Brix appear uncredited as unbilled football players.
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Football Coach Dan curtis (Richard Arlen) has to decide how much he wants to win, when one of his players is injured, when he puts in him the game to play, while still recovering from a previous injury.Actors
Richard Arlen
(Dan Curtis)
Peggy Shannon
(Mary Gehring)
Jack Oakie
(Babe Barton)
Regis Toomey
(Tom Hussey)
George Barbier
(Jerome Gehring)
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