Slap Shot
Slap Shot out slaps... out swears... out laughs...
A raucous, irreverent sports comedy that celebrates working-class camaraderie and underdog scrappiness through crude humor and on-ice mayhem.
To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.
Essence
Ensemble
Paul Newman
Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop
Strother Martin
Joe McGrath
Michael Ontkean
Ned Braden
Jennifer Warren
Francine Dunlop
Lindsay Crouse
Lily Braden
Jerry Houser
Dave 'Killer' Carlson
Andrew Duncan
Jim Carr
Jeff Carlson
Jeff Hanson
Steve Carlson
Steve Hanson
David Hanson
Jack Hanson
Yvon Barrette
Denis Lemieux
Allan F. Nicholls
Johnny Upton
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