Bulging with balls, booze and blood, George Roy Hill's 1977 gung-ho sports flick stars Paul Newman as the player-coach of a struggling hockey team. With support falling, he starts playing dirty to get results - but will the team survive? Set against the backdrop of the States' failing steel industry, the film's darker than you'd expect - but it's the brawls that stick in the memory.
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