Eight Men Out (1988)

  • PG
  • 09/02/1988 (US)
  • Drama, History
  • 2h

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

Overview

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.

John Sayles

Writer, Director

Eliot Asinof

Novel

Cast

John Cusack's headshot

John Cusack

Buck Weaver
Clifton James's headshot

Clifton James

Charles Comiskey
Michael Lerner's headshot

Michael Lerner

Arnold Rothstein
Christopher Lloyd's headshot

Christopher Lloyd

Bill Burns
John Mahoney's headshot

John Mahoney

Kid Gleason
Charlie Sheen's headshot

Charlie Sheen

Hap Felsch
David Strathairn's headshot

David Strathairn

Eddie Cicotte
D.B. Sweeney's headshot

D.B. Sweeney

'Shoeless' Joe Jackson

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