College football player Jack Hamill finds his reputation on the line when tragedy strikes after he pays an innocent visit to a woman.College football player Jack Hamill finds his reputation on the line when tragedy strikes after he pays an innocent visit to a woman.College football player Jack Hamill finds his reputation on the line when tragedy strikes after he pays an innocent visit to a woman.
James Bradbury Jr.
- Bones
- (as James Bradbury)
Bill Elliott
- Aggressive Student at Dance
- (uncredited)
Al Hill
- Jack's Buddy at Dance
- (uncredited)
John Wayne
- Football Player
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaFollowing the successful telecasts of Othello (1922) and The Eagle (1925), New York City's WJZ (Channel 7), began a weekly series of Sunday evening silent film feature presentations, shown more or less in their entirety, which aired intermittently for the next twelve months. This feature was initially broadcast Sunday 5 December 1948, and, like the rest of the series, aired simultaneously on sister stations WFIL (Channel 6) (Philadelphia) and freshly launched WAAM (Channel 13) (Baltimore), an innovation at the time; the following week's selection would be Shadows (1922).
- Quotes
Jack Hamill: Let's get this straight, once and for all. Brad is my best friend - and you are now his wife!
Mrs. Eunice Hathaway: Don't be a crepe hanger, honey! What's a husband between friends?
- ConnectionsFeatured in Fractured Flickers: Fabian (1963)
Featured review
Jack, and his mommy, save the day!
The plot for "The Drop Kick" is quite strange...and Richard Barthelmess oddly cast as a football hero. As a result, it's decent and watchable...but absolutely nothing more.
The story is set at Shoreham College where Jack (Barthelmess) is the star kicker and all-around swell guy. What he and the other players on the team do not know is that the coach is married to a hellishly evil woman....and just how evil and manipulative you'll have to see for yourself. I'd say more but don't want to ruin the surprises...and there are many. Suffice to say by the end, Jack AND his mommy save the day!
Richard Barthelmess was in his 30s and was hardly an imposing figure at barely 5'9" and I'm guessing about 150 pounds. Nevertheless, he was a popular silent and early sound film star and he did fine here in this most unusual and occasionally bizarre film.
The story is set at Shoreham College where Jack (Barthelmess) is the star kicker and all-around swell guy. What he and the other players on the team do not know is that the coach is married to a hellishly evil woman....and just how evil and manipulative you'll have to see for yourself. I'd say more but don't want to ruin the surprises...and there are many. Suffice to say by the end, Jack AND his mommy save the day!
Richard Barthelmess was in his 30s and was hardly an imposing figure at barely 5'9" and I'm guessing about 150 pounds. Nevertheless, he was a popular silent and early sound film star and he did fine here in this most unusual and occasionally bizarre film.
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- planktonrules
- May 5, 2022
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- Runtime1 hour 2 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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