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. The film's

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is: ''It seems like it's taken forever – but at last we're on our own!''

Plot

Will Armer (Caudell) is a high-school athlete, who during his senior year, must deal with his girlfriend (Dusenberry) and parents (Adams and Windom) and make a difficult decision between the certainty of college or the possibility of a glamorous baseball career. Everyone associated with Will has a different opinion, making the final decision all the more dramatic.Erickson, Al. ''The Baseball Filmography, 1915 through 2001, 2d ed.
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Cast

as Will Armer *

as Janice Armer *

as Clifford Armer *

as Mark Jeffries *

as Sharon Browne *

Ron Lombard Ron is a shortening of the name Ronald. Ron or RON may also refer to: Arts and media * Big Ron (''EastEnders''), a TV character * Ron (''King of Fighters''), a video game character *Ron Douglas, the protagonist in '' Lucky Stiff'' played by Joe ...

as Gregg Lombardi *

Stu Krieger Stu is a masculine given name or nickname, usually a shortened form (hypocorism) of Stuart or Stewart. It may refer to: Stuart * Stu Barnes (born 1970), Canadian retired National Hockey League player * Stu Block (born 1977), Canadian singer-so ...

as Kurt Moriarty *

Myron Healey Myron Daniel Healey (June 8, 1923 – December 21, 2005) was an American actor. He began his career in Hollywood, California during the early 1940s and eventually made hundreds of appearances in movies and on television during a career sp ...

as Walter Craig *

Virginia Gregg Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are ...

as Nurse

Release

The film was released theatrically in the United States by Cal-Am Artists in April 1978. It was lauded by film critics upon its initial release, but prints no longer appear to be generally available, either on television or on video.

References

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* * * 1978 films 1978 independent films American baseball films American independent films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films {{1970s-US-film-stub