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Wildcats

1986·106 min

Wildcats

Directed by Michael Ritchie

Comedy

High school track coach Molly McGrath knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite snickers from fellow staff members and her former husband.

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Molly McGrath

Verna McGrath

Alice Needham

Marian Needham

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James Newton Howard

Original Music Composer

Donald E. Thorin

Director of Photography

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Wildcats (1986) is about high school track coach Molly McGrath knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite snickers from fellow staff members and her former husband.

Who directed Wildcats?

Michael Ritchie directed Wildcats (1986).

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