Top Billed Cast

Robert Redford
Roy Hobbs
Robert Duvall
Max Mercy
Glenn Close
Iris Gaines
Kim Basinger
Memo Paris
Wilford Brimley
Pop Fisher
Barbara Hershey
Harriet Bird
Robert Prosky
The Judge
Richard Farnsworth
Red Blow
Joe Don Baker
The Whammer
Michael Madsen
Bump Bailey
John Finnegan
Sam Simpson
Alan Fudge
Ed Hobbs
Ken Grassano
Al Fowler
Mike Starr
Boone
Mickey Treanor
Doc Dizzy
Jon Van Ness
John Olsen
Anthony J. Ferrara
Coach Wilson
George Wilkosz
Bobby Savoy
Paul Sullivan Jr
Young Roy
Rachel Hall
Young Iris
Sibby Sisti
Pirates Manager
Ralph Tabakin
Ali's Customer
Edward Walsh
Newsreel Presenter
Robert Rich III
Ted Hobbs
Philip Mankowski
Hank Benz
Danny Aiello III
Emil LaJong
Joe Castellano
Allie Stubbs
Eddie Cipot
Gabby Laslow
Robert Kalaf
Cal Baker
Barry Kivel
Pat McGee
Steven Kronovet
Tommy Hinkle
James Meyer
Dutch Schultz
Sam Green
Murphy
Martin Grey
Additional Knight
Joseph Mosso
Additional Knight
Richard Oliveri
Additional Knight
Lawrence Couzens
Additional Knight
Duke McGuire
Additional Knight
Stephen Poliachik
Additional Knight
Kevin Lester
Additional Knight
Joseph Charboneau
Additional Knight
Robert Rudnick
Additional Knight
Ken Kamholz
Additional Knight
Phillip D. Rosenberg
Pitcher Youngberry
Christopher B. Rehbaum
Pitcher John Rhoades
Nicholas Koleff
Umpire Augie
Jerry Stockman
Umpire Babe
James Quamo
Memorial Game Umpire
Joe Strnad
Final Game Home Plate Umpire
James Mohr
Al
Ralph Tabakin
Al's Customer
Dennis Gould
Carnival Boy
Joshua Abbey
Home Plate Photographer
Gayle Vance
Maid at Party
George Scheitinger
League Official
Peter Poth
Dr. Knobb
Bernie McInerney
Hospital Doctor
Elizabeth Ann Klein
Stern Nurse
Charles Sergis
Newsreel Narrator (voice)
Carol Alaimo
Extra (uncredited)
Bernie Arnesen
Wrigley Field Spectator (uncredited)
Mark Atienza
Young Roy Hobbs (uncredited)
Lori Berezin
Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
Sean Collins
Additional Knight (uncredited)
Darren W. Conrad
Teen on Railroad Track at Carnival (uncredited)
Mark Falvo
Baseball Fan (uncredited)
James K. Fulater
Baseball Crowd (uncredited)
Greg Hinaman
Fan in stands at War Memorial & All-High Stadium (uncredited)
Diane H. Kelly
One of Gus' Girls (uncredited)
Darren McGavin
Gus Sands (uncredited)
Bernard S. Misiura Jr.
Young Fan in Driving Cap (uncredited)
Brian Reingold
Baseball Fan (uncredited)
Jack Scalia
Cubs Pitcher (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

8.5

Written by John Chard on Fri Apr 24 2015

The Wonder of Wonderboy. The Natural is directed by Barry Levinson and adapted to screenplay by Roger Towne & Phil Dusenberry from the novel written by Bernard Malamud. It stars Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Barbara Hershey, Robert Prosky and Richard Farnsworth. Music is by Randy Newman and cinematography by Caleb Deschanel. The Natural is a wistful sports movie, one that asks every person who views it to buy into the whimsy and mythologising on show. If able to do that then it's a film of beguiling beauty, awash with strength of the human spir...