Death on the Diamond (1934)

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71 min - Drama | Mystery - 14 September 1934 (USA)

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Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debts... See full summary »

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Complete credited cast:
	Robert Young	...	Larry Kelly
	Madge Evans	...	Frances Clark
	Nat Pendleton	...	'Truck' Hogan
	Ted Healy	...	Terrence 'Terry' / 'Crawfish' O'Toole
	C. Henry Gordon	...	Joseph 'Joe' Karnes
	Paul Kelly	...	Jimmie Downey (reporter)
	David Landau	...	Pop Clark (manager)
	DeWitt Jennings	...	Mr. Patterson (groundskeeper)
	Edward Brophy	...	Police Sgt. Grogan
	Willard Robertson	...	Police Lt Luke Cato
	Mickey Rooney	...	Mickey
	Robert Livingston	...	Frank 'Higgie' Higgins
	Joe Sawyer	...	Duncan 'Dunk' Spencer (as Joe Sauers)

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Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debts. He hires ace player Larry Kelly to ensure the victory. As well as rival teams, mobsters are trying to prevent the wins, and as the pennant race nears the end, Pop's star players begin to be killed, on and off the field. Can Larry romance Pop's daughter, win enough games, and still have time to stop a murderer before he strikes more than three times? Written by Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>

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Drama | Mystery

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USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 September 1934 (USA) See more »

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) See more »

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Runtime:

71 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

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'Franchot Tone' was initially cast in the role of "Larry" but was replaced by Robert Young prior to the start of production. See more »

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Factual errors: When the game resumes, after the bad guy is caught, the camera pans across the scoreboard to show that the game is tied, 2-2. The radio announcer then states, "Cincinnati hasn't scored since Kelly threw that ball into the dugout and let the tying run come in." Cincinnati was the visiting team and the last run it scored, in the top of the second inning, would have made the score 2-1 (Cincinnati leading). It would not have been a tying run. See more »

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"The Stars and Stripes Forever (1896)"
Written by John Philip Sousa
Played by the stadium band on opening day See more »

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