Quarterback Princess
GenreDrama
Sport
Written byRod Browning
Directed byNoel Black
StarringHelen Hunt
Don Murray
Barbara Babcock
Dana Elcar
Theme music composerJames Di Pasquale
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersGary Goodman
Barry Rosen
Ron Roth (supervising producer)
Production locationMcMinnville, Oregon
CinematographyIsidore Mankofsky
EditorTom Stevens
Running time96 minutes
Production companyCBS Entertainment Production
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseDecember 3, 1983 (1983-12-03)

Quarterback Princess is a 1983 American made-for-television fact-based sports drama film by 20th Century Fox that chronicles the courage and determination of a teenage girl who struggles against sexism and fights to play on her high school football team. It was filmed primarily in McMinnville, Oregon. Because of legal issues, various signs were modified to say "Minnville."

Plot summary

Tami Maida wants to play quarterback for the high school football team. However, because she is a girl, everyone from the coach to her next door neighbor is against her. Tami goes out to prove that not only can she play football but she can win the conference championship.

Not only does Tami succeed, she also becomes the homecoming princess.

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