Football movie classics
United Artists
Semi-Tough (1977)
The friendship between two football players, Billy Clyde Puckett (Burt Reynolds) and Marvin "Shake" Tiller (Kris Kristofferson), gets messy when they both become involved with the coach's daughter, Barbara Jane Bookman (Jill Clayburgh). -J.R.
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From left: Brian Dennehy as T.J. Lambert, Burt Reynolds as Billy Clyde Puckett, and Kris Kristofferson as Marvin "Shake" Tiler.