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Eight Men Out

6.9 120 mins Drama   History   1988
Orion Pictures   Sanford/Pillsbury Productions  
Director(s): John Sayles

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.

Casts of Eight Men Out

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

James Desmond

as Smitty

John Sayles

as Ring Lardner

Eliot Asinof

as Heydler

Clyde Bassett

as Ban Johnson

John D. Craig

as Rothstein's Lawyer

Michael Laskin

as Austrian

Randle Mell

as Ahern

Robert Motz

as D.A.

Bill Raymond

as Ben Short

Barbara Garrick

as Helen Weaver

Wendy Makkena

as Kate Jackson

Maggie Renzi

as Rose Cicotte

Nancy Travis

as Lyra Williams

Brad Garrett

as Peewee

Tay Strathairn

as Bucky

Jesse Vincent

as Scooter

Jack George

as Fan

Tom Surber

as Fan

Tom Ledcke

as Fan

Bert Hatch

as Fan

Jerry Brent

as Writer

Bruce Schumacher

as Writer

Robert E. Walsh

as Writer

Matthew Harrington

as Writer

Richard Lynch

as Writer

Gary Williams

as Writer

Michael L. Harris

as Writer

Ken Berry

as Heckler

David Rice

as Enemy Fan

Tom Marshall

as Browns Umpire

Jack Merrill

as Grabiner

Josh Thompson

as Winslow

Julie Whitney

as Woman in Bar

Dana Roi

as Woman in Bar

Philip Murphy

as Jimmy

J. Dennis Newman

as Reds Player

Charles Siebert

as Reds Catcher

Jim Martindale

as Cincinnati Umpire

Bill Jennings

as Chicago Umpire

David Hinman

as Announcer

Danton Stone

as Hired Killer

Patrick Grant

as Irish Tenor

Tim Laughter

as Betting Man

Brad Armacost

as Attendant

Jim Stark

as Reporter

Brad Griffith

as Reporter

Steve Salge

as Reporter

Dick Cusack

as Judge Friend

Eaton Randles

as Clerk

Max Chiddester

as Nash

Rich Komenich

as Jury Foreman

Patrick Brown

as New Jersey Fan

John Griesemer

as New Jersey Fan

Charles Yankoglu

as New Jersey Fan

Michael B. Preston

as New Jersey Fan

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