Second String
DirectorRob Lieberman
“She believed in him. Now he must believe in himself to lead the team to the Super Bowl.”
American football coach Chuck Dichter has worked wonders with the Buffalo Bills, and is even confident to crown his career with a Super Bowl victory, but before the play-offs an oyster food-poisoning wipes out his first team for a month. Dan Heller, an insurance salesman and former college quarterback, who was hired -relactantly, but his wife twisted his arm- just for practice, now has to captain and train a bunch of rookies and old-timers against the hardest adversaries. Dichter decides to sign up triple Super Bowl-winner Tommy Baker in Dan's place...
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Cast
Jon Voight
Coach Chuck Dichter
Gil Bellows
Dan Heller
Teri Polo
Connie Heller
Richard T. Jones
Gerry Fullerton
Garcelle Beauvais
Larissa Fullerton
George Eads
Tommy Baker
Charles Malik Whitfield
Lenny Voyles
Lamont Johnson
Ernie Weathers
Ingo Neuhaus
Randy Johnson
Shawn Woods
Curtis Hooks
Evan Parke
Jackie Mumms
Nick von Esmarch
Tim Hobbs
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