Movie Details

Title

Eight Men Out

Overview

The great Chicago White Sox team of 1919 is the saddest team to ever win a pennent. The team is bitter at their penny pincher owner, Charles Comiskey, and at their own teammates. Gamblers take advantage of this opportunity to offer some players $ to throw the series (Most of the players didn't get as much as promised.) But Buck Weaver and the great Shoeless Joe Jackson turn back at the last minute to try and play their best. The Sox actually almost come back from a 3-1 deficit. 2 years later, the truth breaks out and the Sox are sued on multiple accounts. They are found innocent by the jury but baseball commissioner Landis has other plans. The eight players are suspended for life, and Buck Weaver, for the rest of his life, tries to clear his name.

Runtime

1 h 59 min

Release Date

2 September 1988

Actors

John Cusack, Christopher Lloyd, Charlie Sheen, D. B. Sweeney, Clifton James, Michael Lerner, John Mahoney, David Strathairn, Michael Rooker, Don Harvey, James Read, Perry Lang, Gordon Clapp, Jace Alexander, Bill Irwin, Richard Edson, Kevin Tighe, Michael Mantell, John Anderson, Studs Terkel, John Sayles, Clyde Bassett, Barbara Garrick, Wendy Makkena, Maggie Renzi, Nancy Travis, Bill Raymond, Stephen Mendillo, James Desmond, Eliot Asinof, John D. Craig, Michael Laskin, Randle Mell, Robert Motz, Tay Strathairn, Jesse Vincent, Jack George, Tom Surber, Tom Ledcke, David Carpenter, Bert Hatch, Jerry Brent, Bruce Schumacher, Robert Walsh, Matthew Harrington, Richard Lynch, Gary Williams, Michael L. Harris, Ken Berry, David Rice, Tom Marshall, Jack Merrill, Josh Thompson, Julie Whitney, Dana Roi, Philip Murphy, J. Dennis Newman, Charles Siebert, Jim Martindale, Bill Jennings, David Hinman, Danton Stone, Patrick Grant, Tim Laughter, Brad Armacost, Jim Stark, Brad Griffith, Steve Salge, Dick Cusack, Eaton Randles, Max Chiddester, Rich Komenich, Patrick Brown, John Griesemer, Charles Yankoglu, Michael B. Preston

Certification

PG

Genres

Drama, History

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