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Overview
Release Date:
7 July 1976 (USA) moreTagline:
It's the league's leading laugh scorer!Plot:
The California Atoms are in last place with no hope of moving up. But by switching the mule from team mascot to team member... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
The original sport-playing animal flick..... moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Edward Asner | ... | Hank Cooper | |
| Don Knotts | ... | Coach Venner | |
| Gary Grimes | ... | Andy Petrovic | |
| Tim Conway | ... | Crankcase | |
| Louise Williams | ... | Debbie Kovac (as Liberty Williams) | |
| Dick Van Patten | ... | Cal Wilson | |
| Ronnie Schell | ... | Joe Barnsdale | |
| Bob Crane | ... | Pepper | |
| Johnny Unitas | ... | Johnny Unitas | |
| Dick Butkus | ... | Rob Cargil | |
| Harold Gould | ... | Charles Gwynn | |
| Tom Bosley | ... | Spinner | |
| Titos Vandis | ... | Papa Petrovic | |
| Hanna Hertelendy | ... | Mama Petrovic | |
| Liam Dunn | ... | Dr. Morgan |
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The chase scene playing on the drive-in screen is from Disney's 'Million Dollar Duck, The (1971)' , also directed by Vincent McEveety. moreFAQ
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Disney, as well as the movie business, was on a mission; a boy with a gu...an idea. (LOL) An idea so grand, so original, this began a new family sub-genre: that of the sport-playing animal movie. And it happened one time in 1976, with the live action film "Gus," about a donkey mascot who played football!!!!!
I've never seen this movie, though I have seen a part of it on one of the "Air Bud" movies, and I have heard about how great this film was, which convinced me to come here and talk about this film! After Gus, we would see similar movies: "Air Bud," who not only excelled at basketball, but football, soccer, baseball, volleyball, and I think there's going to be "Air Buddies" coming soon, and "M.V.P.," which had a chimp who was pro at hockey and extreme skateboarding. Most of these are Canadian, who might have liked this movie so much that a sports-playing dog and chimp have come into business!!!!!
"Gus" is a great film that brought the animal movies to the max!!!!!
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