Take Down

Name: Take Down
Director: Kieth Merrill
Released: 1979-01-01

1979 film by Kieth Merrill

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Released: 1979
Director: Kieth Merrill
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Producer: Kieth Merrill
Cast: Edward Herrmann
, Lorenzo Lamas
, Maureen McCormick
, Kathleen Lloyd
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Genre: comedy drama
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English
Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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Take Down is a 1979 American comedy-drama sports film directed by Kieth Merrill and released by Buena Vista Distribution Company. The plot concerns an unqualified teacher who finds himself saddled with coaching duties after a small group of high school seniors form a wrestling team in a last-ditch effort to end a nine-year losing streak against a rival school.

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Director of photography: Reed Smoot
Filming location: Utah
Title: Take Down
Film editor: Peter Teschner

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