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North Dallas Forty

Year:

1979

Duration:

119 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Sport

IMDB rate:

Director:

Ted Kotcheff

Awards:

3 wins

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1979-08-03

Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Gross: $26,079,312 (USA) Filming Dates February 1979 Related Links

Cast

Actor

Character

Jane Daly

Debbie Turner

Nick Nolte

Phillip Elliott

Mac Davis

Seth Maxwell

Charles Durning

Coach Johnson

Dayle Haddon

Charlotte Caulder

Bo Svenson

Jo Bob Priddy

John Matuszak

O. W. Shaddock

Steve Forrest

Conrad Hunter

G.D. Spradlin

B. A. Strothers

Dabney Coleman

Emmett Hunter

Savannah Smith Boucher

Joanne Rodney (as Savannah Smith)

Marshall Colt

Art Hartman

Guich Koock

Eddie Rand

Deborah Benson

Mrs. Hartman

Jim Boeke

Stallings (as James F. Boeke)

John Bottoms

Vip

Walter Brooke

Doctor

Alan Autry

Balford (as Carlos Brown)

Danny J. Bunz

Tony Douglas

Rad Daly

Conrad

Cliff Frazier

Monroe

Stanley Grover

March

Glenn-Michael Jones

Locker Boy (as Glenn Michael Jones)

Frank O'Neill

Assistant Trainer

Tommy Reamon

Delma Huddle

Tom Reese

Coach Waddy

Jeff Severson

Partridge (as Jeffrey Severson)

Grant Kilpatrick

Monsignor

Kevin Cooney

Pete Peterson

Tony Frank

Rindquist

Doug France

Alcie Weeks

Garrie Kelly

Party Guest

Michele Turner

Party Guest

Jasmine Gagnier

Party Guest

Sharyn Lee

Party Guest

Joe Portaro

Party Guest

Lauren Jennifer Downing

Party Guest

Nanci Roberts

Bunny Girl

Kathleen Mary Larken

Peggy

Don J. Berberet

Referee

Randall Braxtan

Billy Fitch

Kory Olson

Salesman

Louie Kelcher

Football Player

Harold Jackson

Football Player

Michael Ballew

Football Player (as Mike Ballew)

Martin Imhof

Football Player

Ronnie L. Coleman

Football Player

Boyd Matson

TV Announcer

Ross Porter

TV Announcer

Michele Turner Wilson

Stewardess Twin

Did you know?

Trivia

Reportedly, creative differences were apparent on the set between producer Frank Yablans and screenwriter / source novelist Peter Gent.

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Source novelist and co-screenwriter Peter Gent once explained the story behind why the title 'North Dallas Forty' was chosen. In an email interview, Gent said: "I was shocked that in 1964 America, Dallas could have an NFL franchise and the black players could not live near the practice field in North Dallas, which was one of the reasons I titled the book 'North Dallas Forty.' I kept asking why the white players put up with their black teammates being forced to live in segregated south Dallas, a long drive to the practice field. The situation was not changed until Mel Renfro filed a 'Fair Housing Suit' in 1969."

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This movie was made and released about six years after its source semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Peter Gent was first published in 1973. The name of the football team in the movie is the North Dallas Bulls, loosely based on the real life NFL football team the Dallas Cowboys, which Gent played for between 1964 and 1968.

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Goofs

During the climactic game with Chicago, the announcers mentioned several times it was a Championship Game and Dallas lost, their season was over. However, at the end of the movie (a day or so after the game) when Elliott was talking to Maxwell and told him he quit the team, Elliott told Maxwell "Good luck on Sunday."

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There are several lip-synch problems throughout, probably due to re-dubbing lines.

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During the game with Chicago, the stands in the stadium are empty.

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Quotes

Jo Bob: I've never seen titties like yours. Could I show your titties to my friend O.W.?

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Maxwell: You had better learn how to play the game, and I don't mean just the game of football.

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Maxwell: You know Hartman, goodie-two-shoes is fidgeting around like a one-legged cat trying to bury shit on a frozen pond, until old Seth fixes him a couple of pink poontang specials. You know, that crazy drink that I fix for stewardesses? Two shots out of that and Hartman is shot to shit, freaked out. I mean, I never saw a guy having so much fun and crying at the same time!

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