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Nel 1919 una squadra di baseball perde un incontro decisivo. Otto dei suoi giocatori si sono fatti comprare. Il film segue soprattutto la vicenda del più anziano di essi, esasperato dalla malafede e dalla taccagneria del suo presidente. Compaiono nella vicenda personaggi famosi come il gangster Arnold Rothestein, che "supervisionò" la corruzione, e il noto scrittore Ring Lardner (impersonato dallo stesso regista).
(1988) Dramma , Storia
Data rilascio : 02/09/1988
regia di John Sayles
Budget : 6.100.000,00 $
Incasso : 5.700.000,00 $
Cast
John Cusack - Buck Weaver
Clifton James - Charles Comiskey
Michael Lerner - Arnold Rothstein
Christopher Lloyd - Bill Burns
John Mahoney - Kid Gleason
Charlie Sheen - Hap Felsch
David Strathairn - Eddie Cicotte
D.B. Sweeney - 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson
Don Harvey - Swede Risberg
Michael Rooker - Chick Gandil
Perry Lang - Fred McMullin
James Read - Lefty Williams
Jace Alexander - Dickie Kerr
Gordon Clapp - Ray Schalk
Richard Edson - Billy Maharg
Bill Irwin - Eddie Collins
Michael Mantell - Abe Attell
Kevin Tighe - Sport Sullivan
Studs Terkel - Hugh Fullerton
John Anderson - Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
James Desmond - Smitty
John Sayles - Ring Lardner
Eliot Asinof - Heydler
Clyde Bassett - Ban Johnson
John D. Craig - Rothstein's Lawyer
Michael Laskin - Austrian
Randle Mell - Ahern
Robert Motz - D.A.
Bill Raymond - Ben Short
Barbara Garrick - Helen Weaver
Wendy Makkena - Kate Jackson
Maggie Renzi - Rose Cicotte
Nancy Travis - Lyra Williams
Brad Garrett - Peewee
Tay Strathairn - Bucky
Jesse Vincent - Scooter
Jack George - Fan
Tom Surber - Fan
Tom Ledcke - Fan
David Carpenter - Fan
Bert Hatch - Fan
Jerry Brent - Writer
Bruce Schumacher - Writer
Robert Walsh - Writer
Matthew Harrington - Writer
Richard Lynch - Writer
Gary Williams - Writer
Michael L. Harris - Writer
Ken Berry - Heckler
David Rice - Enemy Fan
Tom Marshall - Browns Umpire
Jack Merrill - Grabiner
Josh Thompson - Winslow
Leigh 'Little Queenie' Harris - Singer
Julie Whitney - Woman in Bar
Dana Roi - Woman in Bar
Philip Murphy - Jimmy
Stephen Mendillo - Monk
J. Dennis Newman - Reds Player
Charles Siebert - Reds Catcher
Jim Martindale - Cincinnati Umpire
Bill Jennings - Chicago Umpire
David Hinman - Announcer
Danton Stone - Hired Killer
Patrick Grant - Irish Tenor
Tim Laughter - Betting Man
Brad Armacost - Attendant
Jim Stark - Reporter
Brad Griffith - Reporter
Steve Salge - Reporter
Dick Cusack - Judge Friend
Eaton Randles - Clerk
Max Chiddester - Nash
Rich Komenich - Jury Foreman
Patrick Brown - New Jersey Fan
John Griesemer - New Jersey Fan
Charles Yankoglu - New Jersey Fan
Michael B. Preston - New Jersey Fan