Fast Break
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.
1979 en 107 minutes
Rating: 5.2
Plot
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.
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Cast
Gabe Kaplan
David Greene
Harold Sylvester
D.C.
Michael Warren
Preacher
Bernard King
Hustler
Reb Brown
Bull
Mavis Washington
Swish
Bert Remsen
Bo Winnegar
Randee Heller
Jan
Connie Sawyer
Mom
John Chappell
Alton Gutkas
Rhonda Bates
Enid Gutkas
K Callan
Ms. Tidwell
Marty Zagon
Henry
Richard Brestoff
Howard
Doria Cook-Nelson
Snooty Girl
James Jeter
Officer Hedgewood
Steve Conte
Man on Bus
Larry Farmer
Benton
Craig Impleman
Hollis
Charles R. Penland
Larry
Jim Spillane
Krebbs
Le Tari
Thompson
Oscar Williams
Norman
Marty Gorowitz
Frenchie
Bob Levine
Bum
John McCurry
Hal
Jack Smight
Dibber
Jackie Sule
Polly
Laurence Fishburne
Street Kid
Ken Butler
Sammy (uncredited)
Jeffrey Weissman
Cousin David (uncredited)