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''Saturday's Heroes'' is a 1937 American
drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by Edward Killy from a screenplay by Paul Yawitz, Charles Kaufman, and David Silverstein based on George Templeton's story. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, the film stars Van Heflin, Marian Marsh, Richard Lane, Alan Bruce, and Willie Best.


Plot

Val Webster is the quarterback of Calton College's football team, but besides dealing with criticism of his play, Val needs money, which he gets by scalping tickets to the games. A teammate, Ted Calkins, commits suicide after being caught moonlighting at a job, and Val's ticket scheme is exposed as well, causing university president Hammond to expel him. Disgusted by the hypocrisy in college athletics, where the school reaps hundreds of thousands of dollars while the athletes stay broke, Val teams with sportswriter Red Watson to bring attention to the matter, with girlfriend Frances providing moral support. Val lands a job coaching for a rival college. When its game against Calton comes up, the outcome convinces Hammond and others that something must be done to change the unjust way student-athletes are rewarded for their play.


Cast

* Van Heflin as Val Webster * Marian Marsh as Frances Thomas * Richard Lane as Red I. Watson * Alan Bruce as Burgeson * Minor Watson as Doc Thomas * Frank Jenks as Dubrowsky * Willie Best as Sam * Walter Miller as Coach Banks * Crawford Weaver as Baker * George Irving as President Hammond * John Arledge as Ted Calkins * Dick Hogan as Freshman * Al St. John as Andy Jones *
Charles Trowbridge Charles Silas Richard Trowbridge (January 10, 1882 – October 30, 1967) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 230 films from 1915 to 1958 principally playing patrician authority figures. Biography Trowbridge was born in Verac ...
as President Horace C. Mitchell (cast list as per AFI database)


See also

* List of American football films


References


External links

* 1937 films 1937 drama films American black-and-white films American drama films American football films Films set in universities and colleges RKO Pictures films Films directed by Edward Killy 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-drama-film-stub