Charlie McCarthy plays the star role on a college football team and between games tries to make love to whatever girl comes his way. The dummy also does all right by himself when he is pitted against the college's board.


Is this for you? If you like old-school, slightly cracked Hollywood oddities where logic takes a vacation, you might get a kick out of All American Drawback. If you need a movie to actually make sense or if puppets give you the creeps, stay far away. You have been warned. 🏈 Look, I know what you’re thinking. Why on e...
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"Is this for you? If you like old-school, slightly cracked Hollywood oddities where logic takes a vacation, you might get a kick out of All American Drawback. If you need a movie to actually make sense or if puppets give you the creeps, stay far away. You have been warned. 🏈 Look, I know what you’re thinking. Why on earth am I writing about a movie where a ventriloquist dummy is the star quarterback? Honestly, I don't have a good answer. Sometimes you fall down a rabbit hole of old, forgotten c..."
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