

Forever Strong
2008-09-26 · 112 min · ★ 7.1
Hotshot rugby player Rick Penning was the star player of his Arizona high school team until a fateful brush with the law forces him to ponder the consequences of his actions in a Salt Lake City juvenile detention center.
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- Directors
- Ryan Little
- Production companies
- Go Films, BNR FILMS LLP
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Sean FarisRick Penning
Gary ColeCoach Larry Gelwix
Sean AstinMarcus Tate
Neal McDonoughCoach Richard Penning
Julie WarnerNatalie Penning
Penn BadgleyLars
Eliot SchwartzMarty
Michael J. PaganKurt
Nathan WestQuentin
Max KaschGriggs
Arielle KebbelEmily
Jeremy EarlSanchez
Larry BagbyCoach Cal
K. Danor GeraldCoach JT
Andrew RoachJoey
William RubioErnesto
Olesya RulinEmily's Friend
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