The story of Jerome "Dizzy" Dean, a major-league baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs in the 1930s and 1940s.The story of Jerome "Dizzy" Dean, a major-league baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs in the 1930s and 1940s.The story of Jerome "Dizzy" Dean, a major-league baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs in the 1930s and 1940s.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
Leo Cleary
- Houston Mgr. Ed Monroe
- (as Leo T. Cleary)
Donna Beverly
- Girl
- (uncredited)
Robert Board
- Dennis
- (uncredited)
Harris Brown
- Hotel Clerk
- (uncredited)
John Butler
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
Kathryn Card
- Mrs. Martin
- (uncredited)
Pattee Chapman
- Eddie's Girl
- (uncredited)
Cliff Clark
- Pittsburgh Coach
- (uncredited)
John Close
- Freddie
- (uncredited)
Dick Cogan
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
G. Pat Collins
- Marty
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn the 1930's, when Jerome "Dizzy" Dean started pitching for the Cardinals, Saint Louis was the southernmost and furthest west city in the major leagues at the time. The city had a population around 820,000 and was the seventh largest city in the United States.
- GoofsGame scenes in Sportsman's Park, in which Dizzy Dean pitches as a Cardinal, clearly show light towers in the background and the shadows of stadium lights on the field. Sportsman's Park did not have lights until 1940, three years after Dean's last game with the Cardinals.
- ConnectionsEdited into Myra Breckinridge (1970)
- SoundtracksTake Me Out to the Ball Game
(uncredited)
Music by Albert von Tilzer
Played during the opening credits and often in the score
Featured review
This biography of the famous Hall of Fame pitcher, Dizzy Dean is entertaining in spots but is still an average baseball flick.
Dan Dailey is a bright spot in this otherwise run of the mill baseball movie that could have been so much better. Like most films that deal with baseball, you don't get the idea that you are seeing anything close to realistic play on the field. If you love baseball as I do, try Pride of the Yankees, with Gary Cooper. In it many of the Yankee players actually were seen on the filed including the great Babe Ruth.
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- gitrich
- Nov 5, 1998
Details
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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