Manny's Orphans (1978) — comedy, family film. Directed by Sean S. Cunningham. Starring Malachy McCourt, Chet Doherty, Sel Skolnick, Xavier Rodrigo.
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A fired coach finds redemption by leading a team of orphans to clear his gambling debt through a high-stakes soccer match.
Comedy, Family · 7.5/10 · 92 min · 1978
Manny 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, the debt will be forgiven.
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