Damn Yankees (1967)
Joe Boyd, an aging Washington Senators fan, would sell his soul for the Senators to beat the New York Yankees and win the pennant. Enter Mr. Applegate, who offers to turn Boyd into Joe Hardy, a powerful young baseball player, in exchange for his soul. When Boyd agrees, he becomes Hardy and leads the Senators on a winning streak. When he starts to miss his wife, though, and questions the deal, Applegate sends temptress Lola into the mix.
- Date of release
- 1967-04-08
- TMDB
- 5.3 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Comedy, Music, Fantasy, TV Movie
- Director
- Kirk Browning
Casting
- Phil Silvers — Mr. Applegate
- Lee Remick — Lola
- Jerry Lanning — Joe Hardy
- Jim Backus — Benny Van Buren
- Fran Allison — Meg Boyd
- Ray Middleton — Joe Boyd
- Linda Lavin — Gloria Thorpe
- Bob Dishy — Rocky
- Lee Goodman — Linville
- Eugene Troobnick — Smokey
- Walter Klavun — Welch
- Wallace Rooney — Commissioner
Interesting facts
Damn Yankees! is a 1967 American TV adaptation directed by Kirk Browning of the 1955 baseball musical Damn Yankees, itself based on Douglass Wallop's 1954 novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant.
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