North Dallas Forty

Aug 3, 1979

1h 59m

★ 6.6

Wait till you see the weird part.

Overview

A semi-fictional account of life as a professional football player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Frank Yablans Presentations

Regina Associates

Paramount Pictures

North Dallas Forty Trailers

Cast

Phillip Elliott

Nick Nolte

Seth Maxwell

Mac Davis

Coach Johnson

Charles Durning

Charlotte Caulder

Dayle Haddon

Jo Bob Priddy

Bo Svenson

O. W. Shaddock

John Matuszak

Conrad Hunter

Steve Forrest

B. A. Strothers

G.D. Spradlin

Emmett Hunter

Dabney Coleman

Joanne Rodney

Savannah Smith Boucher

Eddie Rand

Marshall Colt

Eddie Rand

Guich Koock

Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to help it, from the days of his childhood to those of his peculiar life on a distant planet called Tralfamadore, passing through his bitter experience as a prisoner of war in the German city of Dresden, over which looms the inevitable shadow of an unspeakable tragedy.

5.8

The Narrows

Sep 8, 2008

A 19 year old Brooklyn boy who is torn between two worlds when his photography portfolio wins him a partial scholarship to NYU. He must figure out how to balance his Italian neighborhood roots with the expansive, sophisticated world on the other side of the East River. Based on Tim McLoughlin's novel "Heart of the Old Country".

5.1

Bee Season

Sep 3, 2005

Wife and mother Miriam begins a downward emotional spiral as her husband avoids their collapsing marriage by immersing himself in his 11-year-old daughter's quest to become a spelling-bee champion.

6.0

Ghost Story

Dec 18, 1981

Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year-old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of frightening events developing.

6.8

The Fountainhead

Jun 25, 1949

An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.

6.5

Viper in the Fist

Oct 6, 2004

1920. Jean Rezeau and his elder brother were living happily in their family estate in Brittany, until the death of their grandmother. The return of their mother, a worthy descendant of fairytales' witches, brings an all new atmosphere to their home.

5.9

Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius

Apr 30, 2004

The story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.

7.3

Hud

May 28, 1963

Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict between the callous Hud and his stern and highly principled father, Homer. Hud's nephew Lon admires Hud's cheating ways, though he soon becomes too aware of Hud's reckless amorality to bear him anymore. In the world of the takers and the taken, Hud is a winner. He's a cheat, but, he explains, "I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner."

6.0

Laddie

Jan 18, 1940

Handsome Laddie Stanton courts neighbor Pamela Pryor, meeting opposition from her stern military father, recently immigrated from England.

6.0

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Nov 10, 2016

19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad – contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.

3.2

From Here to Eternity

Jul 3, 2014

In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.

6.5

Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

Dec 25, 1986

Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help from Miss Marple.

6.3

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

Apr 4, 1947

Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team mild-mannered Harold Diddlebock, who has been stuck in a dull, dead-end book-keeping job for years, is let go by his pompous boss, advertising tycoon J.E. Wagglebury, with nothing but a tiny pension. Harold, who never touches the stuff, takes a stiff drink with his new pal... and another, and another. What happened Wednesday?

6.3

Kid Dynamite

Feb 5, 1943

The East Side boxing champion Muggs answers a challenge to a fight against the West Side champ but just before the match he is kidnapped. His friend Danny Lyons takes his place and wins the fight, only to have Mugs believe that Danny was responsible for his kidnapping.

6.7

Topper

Jul 16, 1937

Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.

6.7

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Mar 6, 1936

An American boy turns out to be the heir of a wealthy British earl. He is sent to live with the irritable and unsentimental aristocrat, his grandfather.

2.7

Jamaica Inn

May 1, 1983

The respected squire of a quiet Cornish village is in reality the leader of a gang of murderous pirates who attack passing ships, kill their crews and steal their cargoes.

7.6

The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral

Aug 16, 2008

Tomoe Enjou is attacked by bullies from his old school and saved by Shiki Ryougi. He asks her to hide him at her place and admits that he killed someone. Several days later, there are still no broadcasts about the murder as if it didn't happen... and when the victims are found, they're alive and unharmed.