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Screenplay John Sayles
Director John Sayles

Eight Men Out

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

Release Date: 1988-09-02

Duration: 119 minutes

Synopsis

A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.

Casting

  • Christopher Lloyd
    'Sleepy' Bill Burns
  • Michael Rooker
    Arnold 'Chick' Gandil
  • John Cusack
    George 'Buck' Weaver
  • Charlie Sheen
    Oscar 'Hap' Felsch
  • Kevin Tighe
    Joseph 'Sport' Sullivan
  • Nancy Travis
    Lyra Williams
  • David Strathairn
    Eddie Cicotte
  • Bill Irwin
    Eddie Collins
  • D.B. Sweeney
    'Shoeless' Joe Jackson
  • Wendy Makkena
    Kate Jackson