A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.
Burt Reynolds
as Billy Clyde Puckett
Kris Kristofferson
as Shake Tiller
Jill Clayburgh
as Barbara Jane Bookman
Robert Preston
as Big Ed Bookman
Bert Convy
as Friedrich Bismarck
Roger E. Mosley
as Puddin
Lotte Lenya
as Carla Pelf
Richard Masur
as Phillip Hooper
Carl Weathers
as Dreamer Tatum
Brian Dennehy
as T.J. Lambert
Mary Jo Catlett
as Earlene
Joe Kapp
as Hose Manning
