Slap Shot (1977)

Cast

Paul Newman
as Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop
Melinda Dillon
as Suzanne Hanrahan
M. Emmet Walsh
as Dickie Dunn
Swoosie Kurtz
as Shirley Upton

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Genres & Description

Action Comedy Drama Sport

7.4 / 10

Located in the US Rust Belt, Charlestown is home of the hapless Chiefs, a losing Federal League hockey team whose games are poorly attended. To make money, the team's unknown owner makes its manager, Joe McGrath, do cheesy publicity much to the players' chagrin. Rumors abound among the players that if the local mill closes, the team will fold. Just before the official announcement is made, the team's aging player/coach, Reggie Dunlop, does get wind that the mill is indeed closing and that this season will be the team's last. Beyond efforts to reconcile with his wife Francine, who loves Reggie but doesn't love his career, Reggie begins to focus on how to renew interest in the team for a possible sale as he knows if the team folds, his hockey career is over. Without telling anyone of his plan, he begins a rumor that the owner is negotiating a sale with a city in Florida. He also decides that "goon" hockey - most especially using the untapped talents of the recently acquired childlike ...

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Surfer Bri

Greatest movie ever - @Sunday, November 11, 2018 3:10 AM

kyokogodai

Didn't Universal also do Animal House? Man, they were hot making movies then!!! - @Friday, January 5, 2018 7:45 AM

Daveyboy _

And remember u were wearin womens clothing? and i said jeez joe im ashamed of u. I just wanna let u know that i forgot all about that ! - @Thursday, December 21, 2017 6:00 AM

Stundie Award

Slapshot was filmed on location in Johnstown, Pennsylvania inside the War Memorial Arena. If anyone decides to visit Johnstown feel free to roam around town. See the sights and stop in at the War Memorial Arena to see the Slapshot Museum. - @Saturday, February 4, 2017 10:38 PM

Sara Cavaleri

I love You Paul <3 - @Wednesday, June 24, 2015 1:50 PM

zymaymyn

For a few seconds starting at 0:29, you hear part of the title theme to "Willie Dynamite". - @Wednesday, August 20, 2014 6:08 AM

wiedep

the one and only... I DON'T EVER WANT TO HEAR LADY OF SPAIN AGAIN! - @Wednesday, March 5, 2014 6:54 AM

PillowPantsThePussyTroll

im sorry i dont speak Canadian - @Saturday, March 9, 2013 10:55 AM

CANUCK METAL HEAD

NOW THAT IS CANADIAN HOCKEY! - @Monday, December 10, 2012 3:21 AM

taurusfroggy

God, Michael Ontkean was hot - @Monday, September 24, 2012 7:43 PM

dwc1964

To me it's a toss-up between this and Bull Durham, for a lot of the same reasons. - @Monday, September 3, 2012 11:41 PM

PillowPantsThePussyTroll

ok so i love the mighty ducks and goon! will i like this?? and are the fights badass?? - @Monday, July 2, 2012 5:39 AM

Maddolis

Looking at Newman here, I can see where Harrison Ford got some of his inspiration. - @Thursday, June 7, 2012 3:10 PM

danglesnipecelly13

Got* - @Friday, March 30, 2012 1:59 AM

danglesnipecelly13

What are u guys talking about miracle was an amazing movie! And it god great reviews. That's my second favorite hockey movie behind this - @Friday, March 30, 2012 1:59 AM

joseph machol

i really love this film. everything about it is great.one of my favorite newman movies of all time with the hustler.the hanson brothers were hilarious.love the part when there checking in to the hotel for the first time and they start unpacking there toys.that was classic.newman's character really reminded me of the great gordie howe. - @Wednesday, February 15, 2012 7:35 PM

MrFunnyGuy015

@dctags21 will all due respect to Maxine Nightingale, i wonder so much why they decided to put that song on Slapshot. - @Tuesday, December 6, 2011 12:46 AM

Archefluxx Music

"Theres never been a film like it, there may never be another" ENTER THE GOON!! - @Wednesday, November 16, 2011 8:05 AM

QJR33

the Johnstown Jets! where this movie was filmed....actually the Johnstown Jets changed their name to Chiefs because the movie was so popular. - @Tuesday, September 20, 2011 5:05 AM

QJR33

@ryanlesperance777 kurt russell has a cottage in northern ontario. - @Tuesday, September 20, 2011 5:03 AM

GranTruismo4head

@AceBG27 Im Placing a Personal Bounty on the head of Tim McCracken $100.00 of my own money for whomever of my men that really nails that creep, YOU CANT PUT A BOUNTY ON A MANS HEAD!? I just Did R.I.P good Ole Paul Newman - @Wednesday, March 16, 2011 4:00 PM

larsen550

@ryanlesperance777 Haha yeah I understand that. At least you can say you beat us in the Olympics last year :) But it is the most triumphant moment in hockey history. Mainly because the Commies were so effing dominant and then they lost to a bunch of college kids. I know how you feel though, country rivalry does get in the way sometimes. Oh wells, this is still the best Sports Comedy ever. Love the goalie hahaha - @Friday, February 11, 2011 3:02 PM

larsen550

@ryanlesperance777 And there is your ignorance... The greatest underdog story hockey has to offer. Try and prove me wrong here Ryan. You won't. - @Friday, February 11, 2011 1:53 PM

larsen550

@hereiwaswasihere Miracle. This is the best sports comedy movie (Caddy Shack is a close second). Best sports movie is Miracle. - @Thursday, February 10, 2011 4:51 PM

FinalFantasySete

This film has more balls than any other movie from the 00's - @Wednesday, February 2, 2011 8:00 PM

greg mills

this movie in '77 put minor league hockey on the map. "you mean like Eddie Shore?" "ah piss on Eddie Shore!!!!" Strother Martin was hilarious. - @Sunday, January 23, 2011 12:29 AM

Pensfan8726

FILMED IN MY HOMETOWN OF JOHNSTOWN, PA FTW!!! - @Sunday, June 27, 2010 8:27 PM

WhiteBoy41

R.I.P. Reggie - @Wednesday, June 23, 2010 4:25 AM

EMBAR1973

Hey darred29. Thanx for the reply. I guess I've never seen the original 'cause none of these songs (except 'Right back...') appeared on any versions (english or french) that I watched...(TV, VHS or DVD). Thanx again - @Sunday, June 13, 2010 6:27 AM

Quinlan

Trade me right fuckin' now! :D - @Wednesday, May 12, 2010 12:22 AM

GranTruismo4head

YOU cant PUT A Bounty on a mans head! I JUST DID - @Monday, May 10, 2010 8:29 PM

GranTruismo4head

@dctags21 this movie was good - @Monday, May 10, 2010 8:28 PM

ARod016

There will definitely never be another movie like it...TRADE ME RIGHT FUCKING NOW! - @Sunday, April 25, 2010 6:24 AM

EMBAR1973

To any one. OK, Maxine Nightingale's "Right back where we started it from" is the one song that has survived over the years, but does anyone have a clue on the rest of the soundtrack? Where can you find the music? I spent the better part of the 90's looking for a possible soundtrack in used record shops without any luck. Does one even excist? - @Friday, April 23, 2010 1:10 AM

crazyeyes1977

@buffalosabresredneck yeah I know, kind of a bummer for Johnstown - @Monday, March 1, 2010 12:51 AM

crazyeyes1977

just like in the movie the Johnstown Chiefs are folding at the end of the season - @Thursday, February 25, 2010 8:51 AM

bullyboy999

Paul Newman was perfectly casted as Reg Dunlop. He would have fit right in with my beer league friends most of whom could have played for a team like The Chiefs but we just didn't want too! Oh those bus rides were just too dam much! - @Tuesday, February 2, 2010 2:07 AM

jonathanw393

DAVE'S A KILLER!! Dave's a mess.. - @Tuesday, January 5, 2010 9:15 PM

Hockey Stuff

"Right Back Where We Started From" by Maxine Nightingale - @Thursday, December 17, 2009 1:34 AM

Crystal Gonzales

This looks good. :) - @Wednesday, December 9, 2009 8:16 PM

stu pidasloe

poor Ogie well with his deportation and his countrys refusal to accept him - @Friday, August 28, 2009 5:32 AM

Jack Jordan

That was Mo who was telling the story about how he $^#*ed the barmaid on the last trip and how she came up to him and rubbed her jugs on him. ROFL One of the greatest sports movies of all time. One of the best scenes is when the GM is telling Paul Newman about one time when he was coaching and Eddie Shore sent him this player who was a terrible masturbator. Priceless... - @Thursday, July 16, 2009 6:48 PM

Lawrence Skarin

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation owes me a hat. They presented a question on The Inside Track asking what team the Chiefs were based on. I correctly answered the Johnstown Jets (Pennsylvania) and they announced that on the air. Still haven't received the hat. - @Thursday, July 9, 2009 4:28 PM

num70

"Walt! What're ya doin?" "MAKIN' IT LOOK MEAN!" - @Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:02 PM

googuse

Jack Robinson! - @Tuesday, June 9, 2009 7:52 PM

joe579003

"we are the titans", "hoosiers"," radio","miracle". Slap shot is simply the greatest hockey movie of all time, but 32 years later, one can see how shallow it was. - @Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:19 AM

Åsa Stephens

I sure miss Paul Newman - @Friday, April 3, 2009 3:58 AM

boston paul

maxine nightengale sand right back from where we started from,thats one of the songs - @Sunday, February 8, 2009 3:36 AM

diamondbackseye

I'm trying to find out the actual song title and artist of one of the songs in Slapshot- it's the country tune that is played a few times over the travel scenes on the Chief's bus. It sounds kinda like Bob Dylan(but isn't). It's not listed in the credits of the movie, does anybody know know what the hell song this is? - @Thursday, January 15, 2009 5:57 PM

vcasalnova

"What we've got here is..failure to communicate.Some men,you just can't reach." - @Saturday, January 10, 2009 4:37 PM