The Basketball Fix (1951)
SENSATIONAL EXPOSE THAT SHOCKED THE NATION!
A college basketball star collaborrates with organized crime and becomes involved in 'point shaving.' A sportswriter tries to get him back on the right track.
- Date of release
- 1951-08-01
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 5m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Felix E. Feist
Casting
- John Ireland — Pete Ferreday
- Marshall Thompson — Johnny Long
- Vanessa Brown — Pat Judd
- William Bishop — Mike Taft
- Hazel Brooks — Lily Courtney
- Johnny Sands — Jed Black (as John Sands)
- Robert Hyatt — Mickey Long (as Bobby Hyatt)
- Walter Sande — Nat Becker
- Ted Pierson — Police Lt. Garrett
- John Phillips — Rival Reporter (as Johnny Phillips)
- Lester Sharpe — Jewelry Salesman (as Lester Sharp)
- Art Millan — Henchman
Interesting facts
The Basketball Fix is a 1951 noir sports drama film directed by Felix E. Feist and starring John Ireland, Marshall Thompson and Vanessa Brown. The film is also known by the alternative title The Big Decision in the United Kingdom. It is based on the CCNY point shaving scandal.
Production
Basketball betting had existed for many years but grew during the 1940s. Since the start of college doubleheaders at Madison Square Garden in 1934 and the invention of spread betting by Charles K. McNeil around 1940, gamblers "embraced the excitement of college basketball and the financial possibilities of betting the spread".
The screenplay was written by Peter R. Brooke and Charles Peck Jr. The book Basketball in America states: "This movie exploited the fascination people had with the daily media reports of the actual investigation and the subsequent trials."
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