The Drop Kick

The Drop Kick is a 1927 silent film directed by Millard Webb, adapted from the novel Glitter by Katherine Brush, about a college football player. It was one of the early films of John Wayne who was only aged 20 in the film. He too played a college footballer.

Plot

A football player finds his head coach is suffering from a suicide.

Cast

Richard Barthelmess as Jack Hamill
Barbara Kent as Cecily Graves
Dorothy Revier as Mrs. Hathaway
Eugene Strong as Brad Hathaway
Alberta Vaughn as Molly
Brooks Benedict as Ed Pemberton
Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Hamill
Mayme Kelso as Mrs. Graves
George C. Pearce as The Dean
John Wayne as USC Football Player
James Bradbury Jr. as The Rival to Hamill
Preservation

A mute silent print was transferred onto 16mm film by Associated Artists Productions in the 1950s and in 1960s by United Artists Television. Prints of the film are preserved at the Library of Congress and the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, Madison.