Wolfpack

Oct 27, 1987

1h 24m

★ 5.7

To some... Football's not just a game.

Overview

High school student Sam Adams has just moved to a new house in a sleepy, all-American town. His new school seems perfect at first and he is quickly accepted onto the football team. But something about his fellow players seems a bit off, particularly the brutish and arrogant Jack "Boot" Butkowski. As Sam soon discovers, the team have appointed themselves as dictatorial leaders of the school, openly modeling their behaviors after the SS and terrorizing anyone who doesn't fall in line, while rewarding those who pledge blind allegiance. When Sam's unwillingness to submit results in a violent attack on an elderly family friend, he decides to take matters into his own hands...

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

J.E.R. Productions

Wolfpack Trailers

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Cast

Sam Adams

Jim Abele

Jack "Boot" Butkowski

Tony Carlin

Myra Abbott

Debbie Barker

'Pudge' Purdy

Tom Rooney

Wedge Randazzo

Anthony Randazzo

Dr. Vere

John A. MacKay

Walter Abrahms

Michael Unger

Johnny Shanahan

Christian Woods

Mr. Giles

Carroll Rue

Alice Adams

Janet Aspinwall

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