Trouble Along the Way
Wild, Wayne and Wonderful All The Way!
A mid-century sports comedy-drama about a flawed coach fighting to rebuild his life and a struggling college program while navigating custody battles and ethical compromises.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
John Wayne
Stephen Aloysius Williams
Donna Reed
Alice Singleton
Chuck Connors
Stan Schwegler
Charles Coburn
le Père Matthew William Burke
Tom Tully
Father Malone
Sherry Jackson
Carol Williams
Marie Windsor
Anne Williams McCormick
Tom Helmore
Harold McCormick
Dabbs Greer
Father Peterson
Leif Erickson
Father Provincial aka Ed
Douglas Spencer
Father Procurator aka George
Lester Matthews
Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea
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