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Gus (1976)

Gus poster
Directed by
Vincent McEveety
Genre
comedy film, American football film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
G
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 45 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mule with a talent for placekicking joins a struggling football team. The team and its coaches learn to work around the mule's quirky personality to win games.

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What happens

Gus is a 1976 American sports comedy film released by Walt Disney Productions, distributed by Buena Vista Distribution, directed by Vincent McEveety and starring Ed Asner, Don Knotts and Gary Grimes. Its center character is Gus, a football-playing mule. The film did well at the box office and was released on home video in 1981. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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