Um ex-técnico de futebol é contratado por uma pequena faculdade católica para treinar seu time de futebol na esperança de vencer jogos e ganhar dinheiro para salvar a escola da falência.Um ex-técnico de futebol é contratado por uma pequena faculdade católica para treinar seu time de futebol na esperança de vencer jogos e ganhar dinheiro para salvar a escola da falência.Um ex-técnico de futebol é contratado por uma pequena faculdade católica para treinar seu time de futebol na esperança de vencer jogos e ganhar dinheiro para salvar a escola da falência.
- Direção
- Roteiristas
- Artistas
- Football Spectator
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- Bus Driver
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- Football Spectator
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- Waiter
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- Minor Role
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- Pool Hall Patron
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Avaliações em destaque
Wayne plays this role beautifully; his performance makes us aware of the fine actor he made of himself as he worked his way up over the years from those low-budget westerns, learning all along the way. Donna Reed puts in a turn as a social worker, and Charles Coburn is in his usual fine fettle as Father Burke, rector of the failing college. Wayne/William's daughter is played very well by a young lady named Sherry Jackson, and there are many familiar faces among the character actors in the cast. Chuck Connors makes one of his earliest screen appearances here.
The pacing is good, and the story keeps us involved. These are all interesting people, and we want to find out what happens to them. The script is intelligent, gritty, and extremely witty in many places. Also notable is a very on-the-money portrayal of the corrupting influence of big-time athletics at the college level, as Wayne/Williams pulls many shady tricks to field a team that can stand up to the ridiculously ambitious schedule that Father Burke manages to finagle. The commentary is even more relevant today, fifty years later, as college athletics have spun almost completely out of control.
One of the nicest things about the movie is the way in which, surprisingly, it does not opt for the easy-way-out happy ending that we all think we see coming as soon as Donna Reed as the social worker comes on the scene. The film is brave enough to leave things a bit unresolved.
Altogether an off-beat, intriguing, well-made, well-written, well-acted and thoroughly enjoyable little "sleeper" that is well worth your while.
The usual problems of college athletics are here, problems we make for ourselves with this foolish definition of amateur and professional athlete. Trouble Along the Way also adds to the mix some of Wayne's domestic problems. He's a single parent raising a young girl in not the greatest atmosphere in the world. He's got an ex-wife, Marie Windsor who wants custody now, and a social worker, Donna Reed who has trouble keeping her personal and professional lives separate.
As in They Were Expendable, Wayne and Reed, have good chemistry. But Wayne's scenes with little Sherry Jackson are something special. They avoid the usual sentimentality, but you will react to them.
Charles Coburn plays the father/rector of small Catholic college St. Anthony's which is on it's financial uppers. He gets the idea that a standout football team as a gate attraction will bring his college out of debt. He hires Wayne, a down on his luck football coach to achieve that end. Wayne does it in the tried and true way that schools always do. It gives Coburn an ethical problem.
Films from as far back as College Coach to the fine James Caan film, The Program have dealt with these issues. Twenty years from now, other films will do the same.
But this is a nice family picture for John Wayne. He gets to go back to one of his first loves and probably the Duke was happy to be in modern dress for a change.
James Dean is supposed to be one of the students. See if you can spot him.
Wayne makes the statement in the film many years before Vince Lombardi is credited with it.
Você sabia?
- CuriosidadesDuring one of the tackle stunts, John Wayne injured his right arm and wore it in a sling when he wasn't filming. He learned how to throw and write left-handed and his character in the film is the same, while the Duke was really right-handed.
- Erros de gravaçãoSteve Williams (John Wayne) makes the statement that President Theodore Roosevelt changed football rules and then was voted out in the next election. In fact, President Roosevelt urged that the rules be changed in 1905, and they were changed in 1906. Roosevelt chose not to run for reelection as President in 1908, despite huge popularity; therefore, he was not "voted out" in that election. Roosevelt chose William Howard Taft to be his successor, and Taft won the 1908 election. However, Roosevelt did not like the job Taft did and chose to run against him in the 1912 election as the nominee from the Bull Moose Party. Roosevelt split the vote with Taft, and Woodrow Wilson won the 1912 election. So, although Roosevelt lost the 1912 election, he was not "voted out" because he wasn't "in" at the time.
- Citações
Father Burke: You'll find the answer in Deuteronomy, Chapter 32, Verse 15.
[the other priests look at one another]
Father Burke: Well, well? Is there a Bible in the house, or do you have to go to a hotel?
- ConexõesFeatured in Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)
- Trilhas sonorasSt. Anthony's Alma Mater Hymn
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Music by Max Steiner
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Sung by a chorus during the opening credits and at the end
Played often in the score
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- How long is Trouble Along the Way?Fornecido pela Alexa
Detalhes
- Data de lançamento
- País de origem
- Idiomas
- Também conhecido como
- Camino de adversidad
- Locações de filme
- Pomona College - 333 N. College Way, Claremont, Califórnia, EUA(Pomona College)
- Empresa de produção
- Consulte mais créditos da empresa na IMDbPro
- Tempo de duração
- 1 h 51 min(111 min)
- Cor
- Proporção
- 1.37 : 1