College Coach

College Coach

75 mins | Drama | Nov. 13, 1933

Ruthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students. Along the way, the coach loses his wife Claire Gore to a grandstanding player. Inside look at college football of the 1930s replete with fake grades, non-student players, and the importance of football to a college's reputation.

College Coach

75 mins | Drama | Nov. 13, 1933

College Coach
Ruthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students. Along the way, the coach loses his wife Claire Gore to a grandstanding player. Inside look at college football of the 1930s replete with fake grades, non-student players, and the importance of football to a college's reputation.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title College Coach
Directors Dolph Zimmer, William A. Wellman
Writers Manuel Seff, Niven Busch

Cast

Dick Powell

as Phil "Sarge" Sargeant

Ann Dvorak

as Claire Gore

Pat O’Brien

as Coach Gore

Arthur Byron

as Phillip Sargent

Lyle Talbot

as Buck Weaver

Hugh Herbert

as Barnett

Arthur Hohl

as Seymour Young

Charles C. Wilson

as Charles Hauser

Nat Pendleton

as Petrowski

Phillip Reed

as Westerman

Donald Meek

as Spencer Trask

Harry Beresford

as Professor

Herman Bing

as Prof. Glantz

Joe Sawyer

as Holcomb

Philip Faversham

as Editor

Ward Bond

as Assistant Coach (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

as Photographer (uncredited)

Sam McDaniel

as Lunch Wagon Proprietor (uncredited)

Dave O'Brien

as Student on Tennis Court (uncredited)

Larry Steers

as Man with Check (uncredited)

John Wayne

as Student Greeting Phil (uncredited)