The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh tells the story of a struggling professional basketball team, the Pittsburgh Pythons, whose continuous losing streak and lack of talent has made them the laughing stock of Pittsburgh. Several players ask to be transferred to other teams, partly due to the bad publicity and the presence of the difficult but highly paid star player, Moses Guthrie (Julius Erving). Read more on Wikipedia.
| MPAA Rating: | PG |
| Genre: | Comedy, Sports |
| Country: | United States |
| Produced By: | David Dashev, Don Phillips, Gary Stromberg |
| Directed By: | Gilbert Moses |
| Written By: | David Dashev, Jaison Starkes, Edmond Stevens, Gary Stromberg |
| Cast: | Meadowlark Lemon, Daryl Mooney, Otis Sallid, Norman Nixon, Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, Peter Isacksen, George Von Benko, The Spinners, Clayton Hill, Michael Haboush, Darrell Brown, Julius Carry, M. Emmet Walsh, Richard Foronjy, Nicholas Pryor, Richard Rossi, Dwayne Mooney, John W. Iwanonkiw, Stockard Channing, Luther Rackley, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Michael V. Gazzo, Jack Kehoe, Julius Erving, Harry Shearer, Debbie Allen, Jonathan Winters, Flip Wilson, Jerry Tarkanian, Margaret Avery, Jerry Chambers, Eric Mercury, Joe Shelby, James Bond III, Marv Albert, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Alix Elias, Joe Seneca, Branscombe Richmond, Ken Foree |
| In Theaters: | Jul 02, 1981 |
| Runtime: | 1 hour 42 minutes |
| Production: | Lorimar Productions |
| Box Office: | $8,281,246 |
| Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
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