Comedy / Drama /

Score: 58.8%( 26 votes )

Overview: Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds himself embroiled in a recruiting scandal at the tiny Catholic college he is trying to bring back to football respectability.

Cast:

John Wayne
Stephen Aloysius Williams

Donna Reed
Alice Singleton

Chuck Connors
Stan Schwegler

Charles Coburn
le Père Matthew William Burke

Tom Tully
Father Malone

Sherry Jackson
Carol Williams

Marie Windsor
Anne Williams McCormick

Tom Helmore
Harold McCormick

Dabbs Greer
Father Peterson

Leif Erickson
Father Provincial aka Ed

Douglas Spencer
Father Procurator aka George

Lester Matthews
Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea

Murray Alper
Bus Driver

Phil Chambers
Bishop

Keith Clarke
Scholastic

Doris Cole
Redhead

Ted Eckelberry
Joe Ostrow

Frank Ferguson
Mike Edwards

James Flavin
Coach Buck Holman

Fritz Ford
Football Player

Jack Gargan
Bailiff

Richard Garrick
Judge

Ned Glass
Pool Player

Fred Graham
Bill Sackheim

Merv Griffin
Football Broadcaster (voice)

Tom Hernández
Butler

Robert Keys
Santa Clara Team Manager Joe

Paul Kruger
Bailiff

Ray Kyle
Student

Mike Lally
Priest

Frank Marlowe
Drunk in Bar with Dog

Sydney Mason
Priest

Frank McLure
Priest

Larry Merrill
Jeffrey Marlowe

Jack Mower
Domestic Court Staffer

Barry Norton
Party Guest

William H. O'Brien
Bartender Joe

Jack Pepper
Irish Tenor / Pianist in Saloon

Howard Petrie
Marvin Adams

Angi O. Poulos
Saloon Waiter

Vici Raaf
Beanie

Bill Radovich
Moose McCall

Olan Soule
Cardinal's Secretary

Anitra Stevens
Bobo

Arthur Tovey
Football Spectator

Renata Vanni
Maria's Italian Mother

Ralph Volkie
Referee

Charles Watts
Mr. Wallace

Guy Way
Football Player

Jeri Weil
Young Carol

Gayne Whitman
Lawyer Grummet

James Dean
Football Spectator (uncredited)