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Slap Shot

6.8

Released February 25, 1977Runtime 2h 3min

Slap Shot out slaps... out swears... out laughs...

To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $6,000,000
Revenue: $28,000,000
Profit/Loss: $22,000,000

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Cast

Paul NewmanReggie 'Reg' Dunlop

Strother MartinJoe McGrath

Michael OntkeanNed Braden

Jennifer WarrenFrancine Dunlop

Lindsay CrouseLily Braden

Jerry HouserDave 'Killer' Carlson

Andrew DuncanJim Carr

Jeff CarlsonJeff Hanson

Steve CarlsonSteve Hanson

David HansonJack Hanson

Yvon BarretteDenis Lemieux

Allan F. NichollsJohnny Upton

Brad SullivanMorris 'Mo' Wanchuk

Stephen MendilloJim Ahern

Yvan PontonJean-Guy Drouin

Matthew CowlesCharlie Kischel

Kathryn WalkerAnita McCambridge

Melinda DillonSuzanne Hanrahan

M. Emmet WalshDickie Dunn

Swoosie KurtzShirley Upton

Paul D'AmatoTim McCracken

Ronald L. DockenLebrun

Guido TenesiBilly Charlebois

Jean Rosario TetreaultBergeron

Christopher MurneyHanrahan

Myron OdegaardFinal Game Referee

Ned DowdOgilthorpe

Gracie HeadPam

Larry BlockPeterboro Referee

Paul DooleyHyannisport Announcer

Susan Kendall NewmanPharmacist (uncredited)

Nancy N. DowdAndrea

Crew

George Roy HillDirector

Nancy DowdWriter

Stephen J. FriedmanProducer

Jane FeinbergCasting

Robert J. WunschProducer

Mike FentonCasting

Stephen AbrumsMakeup Artist

Dede AllenEditor

Tom BronsonCostume Design

Victor J. KemperDirector of Photography

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Reviews

Funny, cynical and irreverent. Paul Newman is the coach of third rate failing minor league hockey team, The Charlestown Chiefs. The town is hit hard by unemployment and this appears to be the Chiefs' last season, however, if the coach can whip up the team up into a winning frenzy, then the unkn...