Eight Men Out

Eight Men Out (1988)

When the cheering stopped, there were... Eight Men Out.

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.

Date of release
1988-09-02
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (294)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Drama, History
Director
John Sayles

Casting

  • 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

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