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Eight Men Out

19882h 0mDrama · History
directed by John Sayles

“When the cheering stopped, there were... Eight Men Out.”

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6.8 / 10
276 votes
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7.2 / 10
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71 / 100
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87%

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Synopsis

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.

Cast

John Cusack·Buck Weaver
Clifton James·Charles Comiskey
Michael Lerner·Arnold Rothstein
Christopher Lloyd·Bill Burns
John Mahoney·Kid Gleason
Charlie Sheen·Hap Felsch
David Strathairn·Eddie Cicotte
D. B. Sweeney·'Shoeless' Joe Jackson
Don Harvey·Swede Risberg
Michael Rooker·Chick Gandil