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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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.
Release Date
1988-09-02
Language:
EN
Budget:
$6,100,000.00
Revenue:
$5,700,000.00
Duration:
120 mins
Status:
Released
Genres:
DramaHistory
Casts
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 E. 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 )
Crews
Dan Bishop Art Direction
David Brownlow Sound Mixer
Bonnie Clevering Hairstylist
Frank Scheidbach Best Boy Electric
Lisa Schnall Boom Operator
Kathleen Mobley Wardrobe Assistant
Tim Squyres Assistant Editor
Gary Marcus First Assistant Director
Lynn Wolverton-Parker Set Decoration
Peggy Rajski Production Manager
Bill Ballou Construction Coordinator
C.C. Barnes Second Second Assistant Director
Jonathan Starch Casting Assistant
Joseph A. Litsch Dresser
Peter Dircks Dresser
Michael Riley Electrician
John Parker Dresser
Mary F. Jansen Post Production Supervisor
Dave Rudd First Assistant Camera
Alice Katz Additional Second Assistant Director
Susan Lyall Assistant Costume Designer
David Yancey Second Assistant Camera
Jacqueline Pinon Seamstress
Nick Stavrogin Assistant Sound Editor
Tim Lee Dresser
Abe Nejad Sound Editor
Mary Cybulski Camera Loader
Sarah Green Assistant Production Manager
Ray Peschke Gaffer
Kirk Corwin Property Master
Paul Marcus Location Manager
Gina Alfano Assistant Sound Editor
Frank Kern Assistant Sound Editor
Ira Richard Manhoff Assistant Sound Editor
Eve Battaglia Casting Associate
Jacqueline Pine Script Supervisor
Claudia Brown Assistant Costume Designer
Gina Randazzo Second Assistant Director
Mark Shane Davis Key Grip
Gigi Coker Makeup Artist
Jolie Gorchov Apprentice Sound Editor
Rebecca Montagne Dresser
Elizabeth Feldbauer Wardrobe Assistant
Ken S. Polk Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Marc Reshovsky Second Unit Director of Photography