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Billy Clyde Puckett (Burt Reynolds) and Marvin "Shake" Tiller (Kris Kristofferson) are professional football players who share a lush Miami apartment with Barbara Jane Bookman (Jill Clayburgh ...
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Semi-Tough is a 1977 American sports comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Jill Clayburgh, Robert Preston, Lotte Lenya, and Bert Convy. It is set in the world of American professional football.
Semi-Tough: Directed by Michael Ritchie. With Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Jill Clayburgh, Robert Preston. A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.
- Michael Ritchie
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Semi-Tough begins as a bawdy and lively romantic comedy about slap happy pro football players, then slows down to a too-inside putdown of contemporary self-help programs.
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- Michael Ritchie
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- Burt Reynolds
Set against the backdrop of professional football, Semi-Tough is both a three-cornered romantic comedy and a scathing satire of self-help movements. Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 25,...
Sep 10, 2012 · Semi-Tough 1977, directed by Michael Ritchie | Film review. Film. Time Out says. Though not as sharp or as unusual as Ritchie's earlier Smile, this is still a delightful, gentle satire on the...
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Semi-Tough showcases one of Burt Reynolds' most hilarious and charming performances. Pauline Kael nailed it in her 1977 review: "This isn't just another of Burt Reynolds' rakehell-bum roles: Billy Clyde is a good-ol'-boy Cary Grant.… Every gag line is super-casual, every inflection on the button."
