Slap Shot

About Slap Shot

To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.

George Roy Hill's Slap Shot is a 1977 comedy film. The film is filed under ice hockey, team owner, sports, and small town.

Paul Newman stars as Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop, Strother Martin as Joe McGrath, Michael Ontkean as Ned Braden, and Jennifer Warren as Francine Dunlop. Released in February 1977, it runs 123 minutes.

The screenplay is by Nancy Dowd. In the United States it streams on TBS, TNT, and tru TV.

The Deer Hunter, Weapons, and The Dead Don't Die make useful companions to Slap Shot. TMDB voters put it at 6.8 out of 10 across 470 votes and it carries a R rating.