Die Kampfmaschine

Robert Aldrich directs Burt Reynolds in a crowd-pleaser about cons versus guards on the gridiron. An ex-NFL quarterback serving time organizes the prisoners into a team and must decide whether to throw the game for the warden. Its success spawned a remake no one asked for.

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Die Kampfmaschine was released in 1974 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 121 minutes.