The Bear (1984)
- Starring:
- Cynthia Leake, Harry Dean Stanton, (more)
- Director(s):
- Richard Sarafian
Synopsis of The Bear
Aimed primarily at American football fans, this dramatized biography of Paul Bryant, a celebrated football coach nicknamed the "Bear," focuses on the man's early career as a player and his later work as a coach in the locker rooms and on the field with his own players -- in Kentucky, Texas, and Alabama. While the Bear's personality is clearly brought forward in Gary Busey's interpretation -- he is alternately caring and verbally abusive, depending on the situation at hand -- the people who must have meant a lot to him in his life outside of football are underwritten here, and a sense of unfolding drama -- outside of his career and the football field -- is missing. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Bear
- Cynthia Leake - Mary Harmon Bryant
- Jon-Erik Hexum - Pat Trammel
- Cary Guffey - Grandson Marc
- D'Urville Martin - Billy
- Terry Beaver - Walter Kuhen
- Mike Elias - Lloyd Hale
- John J. York - Manning
- Damon Sarafian - Don Watson
- Joe Rainer - Dr. Thomas
- Owen Orr - Ermal Allen
- Muriel Moore - Miss Vernon
- Scott Campbell - Dennis Goehring
- Michael McGrady - Gene Stallings
- Ivan Green - Mr. Gallagher
- Harry Dean Stanton - Coach Thomas
- Carmen Thomas - Mae Martin Bryant
- Pat Greenstein - Joe Namath
- Eric Hipple - Tony Eason
- William Wesley Neighbors, Jr. - Billy Neighbors
- Ken Taylor - Jimbo
- Jeff Tyler - Dee Powell
- Brett Rice - Don Hutson
- Michael Prokopuk - Bob Lockett
- Buddy Farmer - Herman Ball
- Gary Busey - Paul "Bear" Bryant
- Robert Craighead - Jack Pardee
- Walter Edmiston - Dr. Rose
- Director(s):
- Richard Sarafian
- Writer(s):
- Michael Kane
- Producer(s):
- Larry Spangler
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