Directed by:
John SaylesScreenplay:
John SaylesCinematography:
Robert RichardsonComposer:
Mason DaringCast:
John Cusack, Charlie Sheen, Clifton James, Michael Rooker, David Strathairn, D.B. Sweeney, Gordon Clapp, Don Harvey, John Mahoney, Jace Alexander (more)VOD (2)
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Buck Weaver (Cusack) and Hap Felsch (Sheen) are young idealistic players with 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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
John Cusack
USA
Best movies:
Stand by Me (1986)
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Charlie Sheen
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Clifton James
USA
Best movies:
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Michael Rooker
USA
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David Strathairn
USA
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D.B. Sweeney
USA
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Gordon Clapp
USA
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Don Harvey
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John Mahoney
UK
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Jace Alexander
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Christopher Lloyd
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James Read
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Beaches (1988)
Perry Lang
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John Sayles
USA
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Richard Edson
USA
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Michael Lerner
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Kevin Tighe
USA
Best movies:
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Wendy Makkena
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Nancy Travis
USA
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John Anderson
USA
Best movies:
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North and South (1985) (series)
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