Victory (1981)

Dana and Tom discuss the last movie of Sports Movie Month for April, Victory (1981): directed by John Huston; written by Evan Jones and Yabo Yablonsky; starring Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max Von Sydow, and Pele.

Plot Summary: While touring a prisoner of war camp, Major Karl von Steiner (Max Von Sydow), notices a team of prisoners coached by Captain John Colby (Michael Caine), a former professional English player. Von Steiner proposes a friendly game between the Germans and the Prisoners. When Colby ultimately accepts, the German propaganda machine smells an opportunity to have a major coup and schedules the game in Paris. Several prisoners join the team including Captain Robert Hatch (Sylvester Stallone) and Corporal Luis Fernandez (Pele). The prison camp leadership realizes that they may use this game as an attempt to have the team escape. When Hatch proposes his own escape plan, the leaders convince him to communicate with the underground to set up the escape attempt.

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