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When the cheering stopped, there were... Eight Men Out. - Eight Men Out
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Title: Eight Men Out

Release Date: 2 Sep 1988

Runtime: 2h

Genre: Drama, History

Director: Orion Pictures, Sanford/Pillsbury Productions

Production Companies: Orion Pictures, Sanford/Pillsbury Productions

Overview: Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with disdain. And when gamblers and hustlers discover that Comiskey's demoralized players are ripe for a money-making scheme, one by one the team members agree to throw the World Series. But when the White Sox are defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes, ripping the cover off America's favorite pastime.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.922 (243 votes)

Cast

  • Buck Weaver: John Cusack
  • Charles Comiskey: Clifton James
  • Arnold Rothstein: Michael Lerner
  • Bill Burns: Christopher Lloyd
  • Kid Gleason: John Mahoney
  • Hap Felsch: Charlie Sheen
  • Eddie Cicotte: David Strathairn
  • 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson: D. B. Sweeney
  • Swede Risberg: Don Harvey
  • Chick Gandil: Michael Rooker
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