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Released
1986 · FILM

Wildcats

A determined high‑school track coach battles sexism and her own past when she applies for a coveted football head‑coaching job, fighting doubters who think the game isn’t a woman’s arena.

Her dream was to coach high school football. Her nightmare was Central High.

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Written by
Runtime
106 min
ComedySport

Synopsis

Molly McGrath, a high school track coach, possesses extensive knowledge of football. When a football coaching position opens up, she submits an application for the role, despite facing skepticism from colleagues and her ex-husband.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Richard A HarrisShot by Donald E ThorinScored by James Newton HowardDesigned by Boris Leven

Box Office

1986 · Box office

Grossed $26.3M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$26.3M

Worldwide gross$26.3M

Opening weekend: $6.6M 25% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $6.6M25% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,054 theaters

Also known as

  • American Wildcatsde
  • Gatos salvajeses
  • Femme de chocfr

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