Gridiron Flash

Gridiron Flash
Directed by Glenn Tryon
Produced by Louis Sarecky
Pandro S. Berman
Written by Glenn Tryon
Nicholas T. Barrows
Earle Snell
Louis Stevens
Alden Nash
Starring Eddie Quillan
Betty Furness
Grant Mitchell
Lucien Littlefield
Music by Alberto Colombo
Cinematography John W. Boyle
Edited by George Crone
Production
company
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • October 26, 1934 (1934-10-26)
Running time
 64 Minute
Country United States
Language English
Budget $78,000[1]
Box office $199,000[1]

Gridiron Flash is a 1934 film. It made a profit of $43,000.[1]

Plot

Belford College's football team is so bad, unscrupulous benefactor Howard Smith recruits a jailed thief, Tommy "Cherub" Burke, after seeing him play with a football in the prison yard.

Tommy's parole is arranged. He joins the team, alienating other students with his behavior so much that Jane Thurston from the registrar's office takes a personal interest, unaware of his criminal history. The team wins every game but Tommy gets restless and wants to join a gang. Smith persuades him to rob the jewels of a rich couple, Mr. and Mrs. Fields, and split the loot.

Tommy commits the theft but gets a guilty conscience after being bribed to lose the team's final game. He returns the stolen gems and gets back to campus in time to lead Belford to one final triumph.

Cast

References

  1. 1 2 3 Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p55


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