Manny's Orphans

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Manny's Orphans
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Directed by Sean S. Cunningham
Written by Victor Miller
Steve Miner
Produced bySean S. Cunningham
Steve Miner
Starring Jim Baker
Malachy McCourt
CinematographyBarry Abrams
Edited bySteve Miner
Music by Harry Manfredini
Production
company
Sean S. Cunningham Films
Distributed by Vestron Video (VHS)
Release date
  • September 6, 1978 (1978-09-06)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Manny's Orphans (also known as Kick!) is a 1978 American family comedy film directed by Sean S. Cunningham. The film was also distributed under the title Kick!. [1]

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Plot

Manny (Jim Baker) coaches soccer for the fashionable Creighton Hall school, but is relieved of duty because he is "not a good match" for the school. He finds a job at a Catholic home for orphans, where he forms a new soccer team, with the help of one very good player, Pepe, who turns out to be a girl. Pepe is the sister of one of the orphans, who comes to the all-boy orphanage posing as a boy, because her former foster home was an abusive environment.

Along the way, Manny has incurred a gambling debt, his creditors begin to lean on him, and the boys find out. They set up a soccer game and stake the outcome against Manny's debt. If they win, then the debt shall be forgiven.

Cast

Production

Of the film, writer Victor Miller said: "Steve Miner came up with the idea for it and I wrote the screenplay and we did it, another low-budget film [along with Here Come the Tigers ], and shot it around Bridgeport, Connecticut." [1]

Director Cunningham said: "We had this notion of a bunch of orphans in a halfway house, they put together a soccer team and the underdog wins. So we raised the money to do what became known as Manny's Orphans. It was a lot of fun to make, and again I loved working with the kids. I really thought it was going to be a breakthrough film for me." [1] Cunningham also maintains that the reaction was "lukewarm", and although United Artists optioned it as a pilot for a TV series, they did not buy it. [1]

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