It Happens Every Spring (1949)A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery. Director:Lloyd Bacon |
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It Happens Every Spring (1949)A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery. Director:Lloyd Bacon |
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| Ray Milland | ... |
Prof. Vernon K. Simpson /
King Kelly
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| Jean Peters | ... |
Deborah Greenleaf
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| Paul Douglas | ... |
Monk Lanigan
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| Ed Begley | ... |
Edgar Stone
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| Ted de Corsia | ... |
Manager Jimmy Dolan
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| Ray Collins | ... |
Prof. Alfred Greenleaf
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| Jessie Royce Landis | ... |
Mrs. Greenleaf
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| Alan Hale Jr. | ... |
Schmidt
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William Murphy | ... |
Tommy Isbell
(as Bill Murphy)
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A college professor is working on a long term experiment when a baseball comes through the window destroying all his glassware. The resultant fluid causes the baseball to be repelled by wood. Suddenly he realizes the possibilities and takes a leave of absence to go to St. Louis to pitch in the big leagues where he becomes a star and propels the team to a World Series appearance. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
A hilarious comedy as well as one of the best baseball films. Ray Milland has one of his best roles as Vernon/King Kelly, and there are great supporting turns from the likes of Paul Douglas. What I truly enjoy about "It Happens Every Spring" is that it celebrates, tongue in cheek, one of the great "unspoken" traditions of the Great American Game -- cheating! (Spitballs, corked bats, steroids -- they all fall into the same category as Kelly's wood-repellant serum.) What other baseball movie does that? Good goofy fun.