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Trouble Along the Way (1953) -- 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.

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Director:

Michael Curtiz

Writers:

Robert Hardy Andrews (story)
Douglas Morrow (story)
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Release Date:

4 April 1953 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Sport more

Tagline:

That all-man "Quiet Man" has a new kind of dame to tame! more

Plot:

Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds... more | add synopsis

User Comments:

Heartwarming but still frank expose of "professional" college football. more (15 total)


Cast

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John Wayne ... Stephen 'Steve' Aloysius Williams

Donna Reed ... Alice Singleton
Charles Coburn ... Father Matthew William Burke
Tom Tully ... Father Malone
Sherry Jackson ... Carol Williams
Marie Windsor ... Anne Williams McCormick
Tom Helmore ... Harold McCormick
Dabbs Greer ... Father Mahoney
Leif Erickson ... Father Provincial aka Ed
Douglas Spencer ... Father Procurator aka George
Lester Matthews ... Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea
Chuck Connors ... Stan Schwegler
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Alma Mater
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Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #16170, General Audience) | Sweden:Btl | UK:U


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Several Loyola-Marymount football players played in the football scenes. more

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Although the movie is set at a college in New York, there is a California flag flying near the stadium when Steve first meets the football team. more

Quotes:

Steve Aloysius Williams: Oh, it's a fine game, football - noble game. Originated in England in 1823. An enterprising young man named William Weber Ellis - who studied for the ministry, by the way - found his team behind in a soccer game, so he picked up the ball, and ran through the amazed opponents for a thoroughly illegal touchdown... more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Remember the Titans (2000) more

Soundtrack:

You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me more


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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Heartwarming but still frank expose of "professional" college football., 16 September 1998
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Author: J.S. Bricker, Jr. (sbrix@erols.com) from Wolfsville, MD

This is one John Wayne movie with which I was not familiar and with which his biography barely deals. While often stock & predictable, it is truly a heart-warming movie which nevertheless contains a rather frank expose and indictment of the "professionalism" present in college football. When one considers that when the movie was made, college football was MUCH bigger than professional football, it is amazing that the movie is so realistic in this regard.

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