Eight Men Out (1988)
When the cheering stopped, there were... Eight Men Out.
119 min
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.
- Release date
- September 2, 1988
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $6,100,000
- Box office
- $5,700,000
Trailer
Cast
- John Cusack as Buck Weaver - The Team
- Clifton James as Charles Comiskey - The Owners
- Jace Alexander as Dickie Kerr - The Team
- Gordon Clapp as Ray Schalk - The Team
- Don Harvey as Swede Risberg - The Team
- Bill Irwin as Eddie Collins - The Team
- Perry Lang as Fred McMullin - The Team
- John Mahoney as Kid Gleason - The Team
- James Read as Lefty Williams - The Team
- Michael Rooker as Chick Gandil - The Team
Crew
- John Sayles · Director
- Eliot Asinof · Writer
- John Sayles · Writer
- Sarah Pillsbury · Producer
- Midge Sanford · Producer
- Mason Daring · Composer
- Robert Richardson · Cinematographer
- John Tintori · Editor
- Nora Chavooshian · Production designer