Hank Cooper (played by Ed Asner) is a protagonist in Gus.
Team owner deeply in debt to bookmakers who bets his team's ownership on winning the Super Bowl. He authorizes putting Gus in the game and joins Andy to rescue the mule via helicopter during the championship. Andy Petrovic (played by Gary Grimes) appears in Gus.
A Yugoslavian man who discovers his family mule's kicking talent. He becomes Gus's handler, travels to the US, and scores the game-winning touchdown after the mule collapses during the Super Bowl. Crankcase (played by Tim Conway) appears in Gus.
An incompetent criminal hired by the bookmakers to sabotage the Atoms. He and Spinner steal the real Gus before the Super Bowl, causing a chase that ends with their arrest. Charles Gwynn (played by Harold Gould) appears in Gus.
Cal Wilson (played by Dick Van Patten) appears in Gus.
One of the two bookmakers Hank Cooper owes money to. He and Gwynn give Cooper a final ultimatum to win the Super Bowl or forfeit the team. Spinner (played by Tom Bosley) appears in Gus.
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Characters
Hank Cooper
(played by Ed Asner) — protagonist
Team owner deeply in debt to bookmakers who bets his team's ownership on winning the Super Bowl. He authorizes putting Gus in the game and joins Andy to rescue the mule via helicopter during the champ...
Andy Petrovic
(played by Gary Grimes) — supporting
A Yugoslavian man who discovers his family mule's kicking talent. He becomes Gus's handler, travels to the US, and scores the game-winning touchdown after the mule collapses during the Super Bowl.
Crankcase
(played by Tim Conway) — supporting
An incompetent criminal hired by the bookmakers to sabotage the Atoms. He and Spinner steal the real Gus before the Super Bowl, causing a chase that ends with their arrest.
Charles Gwynn
(played by Harold Gould) — supporting
Cal Wilson
(played by Dick Van Patten) — supporting
One of the two bookmakers Hank Cooper owes money to. He and Gwynn give Cooper a final ultimatum to win the Super Bowl or forfeit the team.
Spinner
(played by Tom Bosley) — minor
Key Relationships
Hank Cooper → Crankcase
(Conflict Opponent)
Cal Wilson → Spinner
(Professional Employer)
Charles Gwynn → Crankcase
(Professional Employer)
Crankcase → Spinner
(Alliance Criminal Partners)
Andy Petrovic → Spinner
(Conflict Antagonist)
Andy Petrovic → Crankcase
(Conflict Antagonist)
Hank Cooper → Andy Petrovic
(Professional Employer)
Charles Gwynn → Cal Wilson
(Alliance Business Partners)
Hank Cooper → Cal Wilson
(Professional Related)
Hank Cooper → Charles Gwynn
(Professional Creditor)
Story Analysis
A struggling NFL team relies on a talented mule to win the Super Bowl and save its ownership from predatory bookmakers.
