Country bumpkin Elmer Kane joins the Chicago Cubs as the greatest hitter in baseball. His skill with a bat takes the team to the World Series, but on the way to the championship he has to deal with gamblers and crooked pitchers.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Joe E. Brown | ... | Elmer Kane | |
| Patricia Ellis | ... | Nellie Poole | |
| Frank McHugh | ... | Healy High-Hips | |
| Claire Dodd | ... | Evelyn Corey | |
| Preston Foster | ... | Dave Walker (as Preston S. Foster) | |
| Russell Hopton | ... | Whitey | |
| Sterling Holloway | ... | Nick Kane (as Sterling Halloway) | |
| Emma Dunn | ... | Mrs. Kane | |
| Charles C. Wilson | ... | Mr. Wade (as Charles Wilson) | |
| Charles Delaney | ... | Johnny Abbott | |
| Berton Churchill | ... | Colonel Moffitt | |
| J. Carrol Naish | ... | Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish) | |
| Gene Morgan | ... | Noonan | |
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Elmer does not want to leave Gentryville, because Nellie is the one that he loves. Even when Mr. Wade of the Chicago Cubs comes to get him, it is only because Nellie spurns him that he goes. As always, Elmer is the king of batters and he wins game after game. When Nellie comes to see Elmer in Chicago, she sees him kissing Evelyn and she wants nothing to do with him anymore. So Healy takes him to a gambling club, where Elmer does not know that the chips are money. He finds that he owes the gamblers $5000 and they make him sign a note for it. Sad at losing Nellie, mad at his teammates and in debt to the gamblers, Elmer disappears as the Cubs are in the deciding game for the Series. Written by Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
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29 April 1933 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Elmer Kane: Yes, bring it in, I'll flirt with it.
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(1908) (uncredited)
Music by Albert von Tilzer
Played during the opening credits and often in the score
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In the final World Series game with the Yanks at bat and Elmer playing second, the bases are loaded and Elmer has trouble finding the ball in a huge puddle of water when it's hit toward him. You see three base runners cross home plate, but only two runs are posted on the scoreboard. See more »Quotes
Mrs. Kane: [while serving Elmer a hearty breakfast of eggs, pancakes, syrup, sausage, bacon, toast, juice, and coffee] Would you like a piece of apple pie, too?Elmer Kane: Yes, bring it in, I'll flirt with it.
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game(1908) (uncredited)
Music by Albert von Tilzer
Played during the opening credits and often in the score
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Nothing much to say. A lot like Adam Sandler's The Waterboy. To tell the truth, Sandler is the latter-day Brown. If you love Sandler, you'll like beown. I've a suspiscion his fans were kids and junior high school kids because his films play to that level of humor. You may call them family films. Movie is about a small-town boy who joins the Cubs and helps them win the penant. There are gangsters, bribes and bets that go awry. It has a very good and realistic baseball finale.