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The Winning Team (1952)
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The true story of Grover Cleveland Alexander! more
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Poor health and alcoholism force Grover Cleveland Alexander out of baseball, but through his wife's faithful efforts, he gets a chance for a comeback and redemption. full summary | add synopsis
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"The Winning Team" 1952 (Doris Day,Ronald Reagan)
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Doris Day | ... | Aimee Alexander |
 | Ronald Reagan | ... | Grover Cleveland Alexander |
 | Frank Lovejoy | ... | Rogers Hornsby |
| Eve Miller | ... | Margaret Killefer |
| James Millican | ... | Bill Killefer |
| Russ Tamblyn | ... | Willie Alexander (as Rusty Tamblyn) |
| Gordon Jones | ... | George Glasheen |
| Hugh Sanders | ... | Joe McCarthy |
| Frank Ferguson | ... | Sam Arrants |
| Walter Baldwin | ... | Pa Alexander |
| Dorothy Adams | ... | Ma Alexander |
| Bob Lemon | ... | Jesse 'Pop' Haines |
| Jerry Priddy | ... | Ballplayer |
| Peanuts Lowery | ... | Ballplayer (as Peanuts Lowrey) |
| George Metkovich | ... | Ballplayer |
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The Big League (USA) (working title)
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98 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Australia:G |
Canada:G (video rating) |
Finland:S |
USA:Approved (certificate #15757) |
Canada:PG (Ontario)
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Factual errors: The movie depicts Alexander striking out Tony Lazzeri to win the 1926 World Series. The series actually ended two innings later when Babe Ruth was thrown out attempting to steal second.
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Grover Cleveland Alexander:
You must be so tired, Dear!
Aimee Alexander: Why should I be tired?
Grover Cleveland Alexander: I've been stealing strength from you all season - every game, every pitch. Without you there, I couldn't have done any of it. God must think a lot of me. He's given me you.
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Aimee Alexander: Why should I be tired?
Grover Cleveland Alexander: I've been stealing strength from you all season - every game, every pitch. Without you there, I couldn't have done any of it. God must think a lot of me. He's given me you.
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Featured in Diamonds on the Silver Screen (1992) (TV)
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Ol' Saint Nicholas
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Not a great film, but entertaining for baseball fans. Ronald Reagan plays Grover Cleveland Alexander, one of the greatest pitchers in big league history.
Doris Day, a great actress, is outstanding as Aimee, his wife (this film is worth watching just because Doris is in it).
The real life Alexander served in World War I and also was an alcoholic.
The movie covers the baseball career of the great pitcher (who won 28 games as a rookie, 373 overall). The movies' biggest fault was it ends with Alexander's heroics in the 1926 World Series in St. Louis upset of the powerful Yankees. In 1928,the Yankees slaughtered the same Cardinals team in a four game sweep, with Alexander, still pitching at age 41, getting shelled in two starts.
Actual baseball footage at the end of the film shows the great Babe Ruth inexplicably trying to steal second base, with the Yankees trailing, down to their last out in the series (he was thrown out).