One on One
“You're not big enough. You're not sharp enough. You'll never make it.”
Henry Steele is a basketball phenom at his small town high school, but when he matriculates to a big city university on a scholarship, soon realizes that he has few skills outside the sport. Expected by his coach to contribute significantly to the team, Henry is overwhelmed by the demands on his time, the "big business" aspect of college sports, and the fact that he never fully learned to read. Things look bleak for Henry when Janet Hays, a pretty graduate student, is assigned as Henry's tutor. Her intellect and strength lift Henry out of his doldrums just in time to battle the coach, who attempts to rescind Henry's scholarship.
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Cast
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Robby Benson
Henry Steele
Known for
Beauty and the Beast
Severance
Annette O'Toole
Janet Hays
Known for
Smallville
It
G.D. Spradlin
Coach Smith
Known for
The Godfather Part II
Apocalypse Now
Gail Strickland
B.J. Rudolph
Known for
The Man in the Moon
Norma Rae
Melanie Griffith
The Hitchhiker
Known for
Working Girl
Automata
James G. Richardson
Malcolm
Known for
Super Fly
Meteor
Hector Morales
Gonzales
Known for
From Noon Till Three
Herbie Goes Bananas
Cory Faucher
Tom
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Doug Sullivan
Young Henry Steele
Also in
Elfreda
Richard Jury
Father Steele (as Rich Jury)
Also in
Snowbeast
Lost
Liz Jury
Eunice Steele
Known for
Flashback
Richard Jamison
High School Coach
Known for
Over the Edge
Lamont Johnson Director · Robby Benson Writer Jerry Segal Writer
United States release June 28, 1977 · Produced in United States
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 28, 1977
Theatrical
Germany
November 29, 1983 · TV · ZDF (TV premiere)
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