North Dallas Forty (1979)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
Wait till you see the weird part.
A semi-fictional account of life as a professional football player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.
- Released: 1979-08-03
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Runtime: 1h 59m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10 from 81 votes
Directed by Ted Kotcheff.
Top cast
- Nick Nolte as Phillip Elliott
- Mac Davis as Seth Maxwell
- Charles Durning as Coach Johnson
- Dayle Haddon as Charlotte Caulder
- Bo Svenson as Jo Bob Priddy
- John Matuszak as O. W. Shaddock
- Steve Forrest as Conrad Hunter
- G.D. Spradlin as B. A. Strothers
- Dabney Coleman as Emmett Hunter
- Savannah Smith Boucher as Joanne Rodney
Where to watch North Dallas Forty
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- United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- India: rent on Amazon Video
- Canada: stream on Super Channel Plus, Super Channel Amazon Channel, fuboTV; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
- Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
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