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.
Stephen Aloysius Williams
John Wayne
Alice Singleton
Donna Reed
Stan Schwegler
Chuck Connors
le Père Matthew William Burke
Charles Coburn
Father Malone
Tom Tully
Carol Williams
Sherry Jackson
Anne Williams McCormick
Marie Windsor
Harold McCormick
Tom Helmore
Father Peterson
Dabbs Greer
Father Provincial aka Ed
Leif Erickson
Father Procurator aka George
Douglas Spencer
Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea
Lester Matthews
Bus Driver
Murray Alper
Bishop
Phil Chambers
Scholastic
Keith Clarke
Redhead
Doris Cole
Joe Ostrow
Ted Eckelberry
Mike Edwards
Frank Ferguson
Coach Buck Holman
James Flavin
Football Player
Fritz Ford
Bailiff
Jack Gargan
Judge
Richard Garrick
Pool Player
Ned Glass
Bill Sackheim
Fred Graham
Football Broadcaster (voice)
Merv Griffin
Butler
Tom Hernández
Santa Clara Team Manager Joe
Robert Keys
Bailiff
Paul Kruger
Student
Ray Kyle
Priest
Mike Lally
Drunk in Bar with Dog
Frank Marlowe
Priest
Sydney Mason
Priest
Frank McLure
Jeffrey Marlowe
Larry Merrill
Domestic Court Staffer
Jack Mower
Party Guest
Barry Norton
Bartender Joe
William H. O'Brien
Irish Tenor / Pianist in Saloon
Jack Pepper
Marvin Adams
Howard Petrie
Saloon Waiter
Angi O. Poulos
Beanie
Vici Raaf
Moose McCall
Bill Radovich
Cardinal's Secretary
Olan Soule
Bobo
Anitra Stevens
Football Spectator
Arthur Tovey
Maria's Italian Mother
Renata Vanni
Referee
Ralph Volkie
Mr. Wallace
Charles Watts
Football Player
Guy Way
Young Carol
Jeri Weil
Lawyer Grummet
Gayne Whitman
Football Spectator (uncredited)
James Dean