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Release, runtime and language
1980 · 99 mins · English
Directed by
Jerrold Freedman
Starring
Dan Shor, Ed Lauter, Art Evans, Scott Baio, Lance Kerwin, Don Murray

At fifteen, he’s a star high‑school athlete already on the path toward the same alcoholism that plagued his former pro‑hockey father. As his drinking worsens, his closest teammate and best friend takes it upon himself to intervene, determined to pull him out of the self‑destructive spiral.

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