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6.9/10   72 votes
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Director:
Richard A. Colla
Writers:
Leroy 'Satchel' Paige (autobiography Maybe I'll Pitch Forever)
Ronald Rubin (writer)
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Release Date:
31 May 1981 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama | Sport more
Plot:
Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige, star pitcher in the Negro Leagues and later in the major leagues. Traces his life from his troubled youth... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Skip This Movie And Read The Book Instead more

Cast

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Louis Gossett Jr. ... Leroy 'Satchel' Paige
Beverly Todd ... Lahoma Brown
Cleavon Little ... Rabbit
Ernie Barnes ... Josh Gibson

Clifton Davis ... Cool Papa Bell

Hal Williams ... Roberts
Taylor Lacher ... Announcer
John Beradino ... Jake Wells
Jim Davis ... Mr. Wilkenson

Ossie Davis ... Chuffy Russell
Tonea Stewart ... Mama Paige (as Tommie Stewart)
J.R. Horne ... Mr. Andrews
Donnie Walker ... Sugar Boy Porter
Don Blakely ... Bartender

Candy Ann Brown ... Ramona
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Additional Details

Runtime:
98 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Jim Davis' final film. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Right after a White Sox player steals a home run from Josh Gibson, Charlie Gehringer is said to hit a ball into left-center field. We see the ball hit in that direction, the outfielder break to the camera's left, but when he fields the ball and throws home, a foul line (the Right field foul line) is to his right, and as the runner from first scores, the ball comes from the first base side (Right field) to the catcher. more
Soundtrack:
Don't Look Back more

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Skip This Movie And Read The Book Instead, 6 May 2006
3/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

Boy, here's a classic case of a book being far better than the ensuing movie. Paige's autobiography was entertaining and both informative and humorous.

This film, thanks to a few things like actors who have no clue how to throw or hit a baseball, make the story lose credibility. Lou Gossett, playing Paige, can't throw which kind of hurts since Paige was a pitcher! Duh!! All-time great Negro League hitter Josh Gibson (Ernie Barnes), the "Babe Ruth" of his league, looks like a Little Leaguer with his horrible swing.

Meanwhile, the romance and the prejudice angles are all way out of proportion to Paige's book. Skip this film; read the book. It's far, far better.

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