Eight Men Out
When the cheering stopped, there were... Eight Men Out.
6.8(280) 1988-09-02 120 minDramaHistory
Buck 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.
Original Music ComposerMason Daring
WriterJohn Sayles
DirectorJohn Sayles
ProducerSarah Pillsbury
ProducerMidge Sanford
Cast & characters
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
David Strathairn
as Eddie Cicotte
D. B. Sweeney
as 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson
Don Harvey
as Swede Risberg
Michael Rooker
as Chick Gandil
Perry Lang
as Fred McMullin
James Read
as Lefty Williams
Jace Alexander
as Dickie Kerr
Gordon Clapp
as Ray Schalk
Richard Edson
as Billy Maharg
Bill Irwin
as Eddie Collins
Michael Mantell
as Abe Attell
Kevin Tighe
as Sport Sullivan
Studs Terkel
as Hugh Fullerton
John Anderson
as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
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James Desmond
as Smitty
John Sayles
as Ring Lardner
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Eliot Asinof
as Heydler
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Clyde Bassett
as Ban Johnson
