The Winning Team
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| Directed by | Lewis Seiler |
| Produced by | Bryan Foy |
| Screenplay by | Ted Sherdeman Seeleg Lester Merwin Gerard |
| Story by | Seeleg Lester Merwin Gerard |
| Starring | Doris Day Ronald Reagan Frank Lovejoy |
| Music by | David Buttolph |
| Cinematography | Sidney Hickox |
| Edited by | Alan Crosland Jr. |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.7 million |
The Winning Team is a 1952 biographical film directed by Lewis Seiler. It is a fictionalized biography of the life of major league pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander (1887–1950) starring Ronald Reagan as Alexander, Doris Day as his wife, Aimee, and Frank Lovejoy as baseball star Rogers Hornsby.
The story covers Alexander's life as telephone company lineman and amateur ballplayer, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs, his battles with alcoholism and epilepsy, and finally his comeback with the St. Louis Cardinals. It includes his heroic performance in three games in the 1926 World Series against the New York Yankees, where the 7th inning strikeout of Tony Lazzeri is used as the game-ending, Series-winning pitch.
The film earned an estimated $1.7 million at the North American box office in 1952.[1]
Contents
Plot
Poor health and alcoholism force Grover Cleveland Alexander out of baseball, but through his wife's faithful efforts, he gets a chance for a comeback and redemption.
Cast
- Doris Day as Aimee Alexander
- Ronald Reagan as Grover Cleveland Alexander
- Frank Lovejoy as Rogers Hornsby
- Eve Miller as Margaret Killefer
- James Millican as Bill Killefer
- Russ Tamblyn as Willie Alexander
- Gordon Jones as George Glasheen
- Hugh Sanders as Joe McCarthy
- Frank Ferguson as Sam Arrants
- Walter Baldwin as Pa Alexander
- Dorothy Adams as Ma Alexander
- Bob Lemon as Jesse 'Pop' Haines
- Jerry Priddy as Ballplayer
- Peanuts Lowery as Ballplayer
- George Metkovich as Ballplayer
See also
References
- ↑ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Winning Team at IMDb
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