Eight Men Out( 1988)

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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.

Top Billed 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
Perry Lang
Fred McMullin
James Read
Lefty Williams
Jace Alexander
Dickie Kerr
Gordon Clapp
Ray Schalk
Richard Edson
Billy Maharg
Bill Irwin
Eddie Collins
Michael Mantell
Abe Attell
Kevin Tighe
Sport Sullivan
Studs Terkel
Hugh Fullerton
John Anderson
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
James Desmond
Smitty
John Sayles
Ring Lardner
Eliot Asinof
Heydler
Clyde Bassett
Ban Johnson
John D. Craig
Rothstein's Lawyer
Michael Laskin
Austrian
Randle Mell
Ahern
Robert Motz
D.A.
Bill Raymond
Ben Short
Barbara Garrick
Helen Weaver
Wendy Makkena
Kate Jackson
Maggie Renzi
Rose Cicotte
Nancy Travis
Lyra Williams
Brad Garrett
Peewee
Tay Strathairn
Bucky
Jesse Vincent
Scooter
Jack George
Fan
Tom Surber
Fan
Tom Ledcke
Fan
David Carpenter
Fan
Bert Hatch
Fan
Jerry Brent
Writer
Bruce Schumacher
Writer
Robert E. Walsh
Writer
Matthew Harrington
Writer
Richard Lynch
Writer
Gary Williams
Writer
Michael L. Harris
Writer
Ken Berry
Heckler
David Rice
Enemy Fan
Tom Marshall
Browns Umpire
Jack Merrill
Grabiner
Josh Thompson
Winslow
Leigh 'Little Queenie' Harris
Singer
Julie Whitney
Woman in Bar
Dana Roi
Woman in Bar
Philip Murphy
Jimmy
Stephen Mendillo
Monk
J. Dennis Newman
Reds Player
Charles Siebert
Reds Catcher
Jim Martindale
Cincinnati Umpire
Bill Jennings
Chicago Umpire
David Hinman
Announcer
Danton Stone
Hired Killer
Patrick Grant
Irish Tenor
Tim Laughter
Betting Man
Brad Armacost
Attendant
Jim Stark
Reporter
Brad Griffith
Reporter
Steve Salge
Reporter
Dick Cusack
Judge Friend
Eaton Randles
Clerk
Max Chiddester
Nash
Rich Komenich
Jury Foreman
Patrick Brown
New Jersey Fan
John Griesemer
New Jersey Fan
Charles Yankoglu
New Jersey Fan
Michael B. Preston
New Jersey Fan

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A review by GenerationofSwine

Written by GenerationofSwine on Sat Jan 14 2023

Out the door, I don't think they treated Buck Weaver fairly in this...not that they made him into a villain like a lot of biopics do, but more that it didn't seem to be the story that I grew up with, being raised in the area where this was legend. Weaver wasn't really as innocent or as guilty as they made him out to be, he was more the catalyst than anything else. That being said, it's still a movie about a legend. My dad told me the story, my grandfather told me the story, it was party of my childhood and we Cubs fans. So, walking into this, when I was 8, I already new how it was going to e...