5 movies featuring Dick Butkus that everyone must see

CHICAGO - SEPTEMBER 20: Hall of Fame Chicago Bears Dick Butkus (L) and Gale Sayers chat on the sidelines before a game between the Bears and the Pittsburgh Steelers on September 20, 2009 at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. The Bears defeated the Steelers 17-14. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /

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WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 12: Pro Football Hall of Famer Dick Butkus testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill December 12, 2012 in Washington, DC. Butkus testified on the topic of “HGH (Human Growth Hormone) Testing in the NFL (National Football League): Is the Science Ready?” (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) /

The Last Boy Scout – 7.0 out of 10

Released in 1991, The Last Boy Scout was one of Dick Butkus’ highest acclaimed movies. On IMDB, this movie has 7.0 out of 10 stars.

The lead actor in The Last Boy Scout is Bruce Willis. He is joined by actors Damon Wayans, and Chelsea Field in this great flick.

Butkus’ role in The Last Boy Scout is as himself. He gets the acting credit as “Dick Butkus.”

According to Google, the

storyline for The Last Boy Scout

reads as follows.

"Once a first-rate Secret Service agent, Joe Hallenbeck (Bruce Willis) is now a gruff private investigator whose latest gig is protecting a pole dancer (Halle Berry). When she’s murdered, he grudgingly teams up with her boyfriend, Jimmy Dix (Damon Wayans), an ex-quarterback with a gambling problem, and the two go after her killers. Before long, they stumble onto a plot by a well-known football magnate (Noble Willingham) to bribe federal legislators into legalizing sports gambling."

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