Eight Men Out
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Film · TMDB
6.9Buck 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.
Released: 1988-09-02120 minDir: John SaylesDrama, History
Cast
- John Cusack as Buck Weaver
- Clifton James as Charles Comiskey
- Michael Lerner as Arnold Rothstein
- Christopher Lloyd as Bill Burns
- John Mahoney as Kid Gleason
- Charlie Sheen as Hap Felsch
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
7.2/10
22,580 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
Metacritic
71/100
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 2 nominations
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1988
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- baseball
- Director
- John Sayles
- Screenwriter
- John Sayles
- Cast member
- Donald Patrick Harvey
- Composer
- Mason Daring
- Production company
- Orion Pictures
Gallery (3)
Connections
Categories
1980s sports drama films1988 American films1988 drama films1988 English-language films1988 filmsAmerican baseball filmsAmerican films about gamblingAmerican sports drama filmsChicago White SoxCultural depictions of Arnold RothsteinCultural depictions of Shoeless Joe JacksonFilms about Major League Baseball