Film

Fast Break

Name: Fast Break
Director: Jack Smight
Released: 1979
Rating: 4.8
Cast: Gabe Kaplan, Harold Sylvester, Michael Warren, Bernard King, Reb Brown

1979 · 107 min · ★ 4.8 · Dir. Jack Smight

Gabe Kaplan's having a ball! - His dream team's got a preacher, a jailbird, a pool shark, a muscleman. And the best guy on the team is a girl.

David Greene is a New York basketball enthusiast, who wants to coach. He is then offered the coaching job at a small Nevada college. He brings along some players, who are a bit odd but good. Like Swish who unknown to the rest of the team is a girl. Preacher, who's being sought by some nefarious characters. And D.C., who's a fugitive. And along with some of the students at the college, he turns them into a contender. In order to give the tam the respect they deserve and some exposure, Greene schemes to try and get the number 1 team led by Bo Winnegar, to play them.