Two-Minute Warning

Year:

1976

Duration:

115 min | USA:180 min (TV version) (including commercials)

Genres:

Drama | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6

Director:

Larry Peerce

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1976-11-12

Filming Locations: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - 3911 S. Figueroa Street, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

David Janssen

Brad Savage

Charlton Heston

Capt. Peter Holly

John Cassavetes

Sgt. Button

Martin Balsam

Sam McKeever

Beau Bridges

Mike Ramsay

Marilyn Hassett

Lucy

Jack Klugman

Sandman

Gena Rowlands

Janet

Walter Pidgeon

The Pickpocket

Brock Peters

Paul

David Groh

Al

Mitchell Ryan

The Priest

Joe Kapp

Charlie Tyler

Pamela Bellwood

Peggy Ramsay

Jon Korkes

Jeffrey

William Bryant

Lt. Calloway

Allan Miller

Mr. Green

Andy Sidaris

TV Director

Ron Sheldon

Assistant TV Director

Stanford Blum

Assistant TV Director

Vincent Baggetta

Ted Shelley

Stewart Steinberg

Portman

Julie Bridges

Pickpocket's Accomplice (as Juli Bridges)

Brooke Mills

Tyler's Girlfriend

Reed Diamond

Ramsay Child

Lina Raymond

Sandman's Girlfriend

Ross Durfee

Network Executive

Jenny Maybrook

Girl in TV Truck

Gerry Okuneff

Los Angeles Coach

Tom Fears

Baltimore Coach

Buck Young

Baltimore Booster

Jess Nadelman

Baltimore Booster

Allan Eisenman

Baltimore Booster

Freddie Hice

Suspect in Light Tower (as Fred Hice)

Sandra Johnson

Button's Wife (as Sandy Johnson)

Richard Feldman

Button's Child

Lisa Lyke

Button's Child

Dick Winslow

Man with Toupee

Jack Brodsky

Spectator

Arnold Carr

Spectator

Shelley Silverstein

Room Clerk

J.A. Preston

Policeman

James R. Parkes

Policeman (as James Parkes)

Garry Walberg

Governor Ogden

Cay Forester

Mrs. Ogden (as Kate Archer)

Colin Hamilton

Governor Diller

Gracia Lee

Mrs. Diller

Robert Ginty

Vendor

Richard Branda

Sergeant

Forrest Wood

Detective

Terry Hinz

Doctor

Boris Aplon

Maitre d'

Edward McNally

Newsman with Governors

Ray Nadeau

Newsman in Press Box

John Ramsay

Stadium Announcer

Tommy J. Huff

Cyclist (as Tom Huff)

Patty Elder

Cyclist

Christine Nelson

Woman at Airport

Hollis Irving

Woman at Airport (as Holly Irving)

Eugene Daniels

Federal Agent

Henry Deas

President's Driver

Sander Peerce

Manny

Glenn R. Wilder

Green's Henchman (as Glen Wilder)

David S. Cass Sr.

Green's Henchman (as David Cass)

Karl Lukas

Couple at S.W.A.T. Call

Hanna Hertelendy

Couple at S.W.A.T. Call

John Stuart West

Ambulance Attendant (as John West)

Sherri Zak

Lady with Refreshments (as Sharri Zak)

Warren Miller

The Sniper

Tom Bower

The S.W.A.T. Team - Decker

Anthony A.D. Davis

The S.W.A.T. Team - Brooker

Asher Brauner

The S.W.A.T. Team - McCoy

Gino Ardito

The S.W.A.T. Team - Swanson

Carmen Argenziano

The S.W.A.T. Team - Jennings

John Armond

The S.W.A.T. Team - Sutherland

Larry Manetti

The S.W.A.T. Team - Pratt

Tom Baker

Stakowski (SWAT Team)

Trent Dolan

The S.W.A.T. Team - Fuller

Michael Gregory

The S.W.A.T. Team - Angelo

Harry Northup

The S.W.A.T. Team - Lieber

Ari Sorko-Ram

The S.W.A.T. Team - Beck (as R.B. Sorko-Ram)

Charles A. Tamburro

Porter (SWAT Team) (as Chuck Tamburro)

'Wild' Bill Mock

The S.W.A.T. Team - Gilmore (as Wild Bill Mock)

Gary Combs

The S.W.A.T. Team - Downing

Howard Cosell

Himself

Frank Gifford

Himself

Dick Enberg

Himself

Merv Griffin

Himself - National Anthem Singer

Susan Backlinie

Pretty Blonde Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

George DeNormand

Football Game Spectator (uncredited)

Peter Paul Eastman

Man at Airport (uncredited)

Harold 'Hal' Frizzell

Extra (uncredited)

Randee Lynne Jensen

Extra (uncredited)

Joanna Pettet

(TV version only) (uncredited)

Leoda Richards

Football Game Spectator (uncredited)

Branscombe Richmond

Bystander with Blood on His Hands (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo

Football Game Spectator (uncredited)

USC Trojan Marching Band

Marching Band (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The make and model of the gun that "The Sniper" had was a modified Remington 742 rifle fitted with a tele-scope and an extended 30-round magazine.

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Penultimate film of actor Walter Pidgeon, his last being two years later in 1978's Sextette (1978). Pidgeon's character in this film has no personal name and is only ever know as "The Pickpocket". Pidgeon actually once who co-starred in a film about pickpockets called Harry in Your Pocket (1973).

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Lead actor Charlton Heston later became the National Rifle Association's president.

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Goofs

When Sgt. Button and Lieber pull down and arrest the spectator who is sitting on the platform underneath the lights, the spectator's hands are free when they pull him down into the seats. In the next shot, as the spectator lies on his stomach in between the seats, his arms are bound behind him by twist-tie handcuffs. In the next shot, his hands are free, and Lieber is putting the twist-tie handcuffs around the spectator's wrists.

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When Pratt, the SWAT team member, is climbing up to the stadium lights platform, he is first shown in a long shot climbing up the fixed rung ladder attached to the platform's support pole. A close-up then shows Pratt climbing up the steel extension ladder that he used a moment before to ascend to the support pole. A wide shot then shows him ascending the fixed rung ladder on the support pole again.

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Near the end of the movie, Sgt Button and Capt Holly are stalking the sniper in the tower where he is hiding. Visibility is almost nil because of darkness and the smoke from a smoke grenade, yet the two officers are wearing sunglasses. All this would have made it near impossible for them to see the sniper, yet Holly spots him immediately and shoots him.

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Quotes

Janet: I was on the same plane as you. I couldn't help but notice how attractive you are. You know you have a very beautiful mouth?

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Lucy: Are you a doctor?

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Steve: He's a hell of a charmer. Just make sure his hair doesn't fall in your drink.

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Faq

Q

Uniforms?

A

It looks like the L.A. team is wearing the classic USC uniforms with different helmets of course and the Baltimore team is wearing the Stanford uniforms - with a different helmet. Does anyone know if this is the case?

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