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Manny's Orphans (1978)

Manny's Orphans (1978)

Comedy Family
Release Date: 1978, January 2
Directors: Sean S. Cunningham
Countries: United States of America
Production: Sean S. Cunningham Films, Sean S. Cunningham Films
Cast: Irwin Keyes, Malachy McCourt, Ari Lehman, Chet Doherty, Xavier Rodrigo, Sel Skolnick, Melissa Valentin

Overview:

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.