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Acting
Paul Newman at his most unhinged and charismatically sleazy.
Writing
Nancy Dowd's script captures locker-room poetry nobody else dared.
Practical Effects
Real hockey players, real bruises, real chaos on ice.

Director
George Roy Hill
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