Bodyguard

Final film of Priscilla Lane.

After Mike quits the force, he and Doris attend a baseball game which is tied in the bottom of the 9th inning, with two outs against the home team. The first pitch shown is a strike that the batter swings at and misses while a player on first base steals second base. The second pitch shown becomes a double into left field, scoring the runner from second base. At this point, the game should be over since the home team broke the tie in the bottom of the 9th. Nevertheless, the game is shown as continuing with the first batter now on second base. The next pitch shown becomes a single into right field, scoring the player who was on second. The home team now has scored twice in the bottom of 9th, yet the game continues further, with the next batter hitting a grounder to the shortstop, who gets a force-out at second. Finally, the game is over and Mike and Doris seem suddenly upset that their team (the visitors) have lost on that last out when in fact the game was lost two batters earlier. Even worse, a last shot of the scoreboard shows only one run for the bottom of the 9th instead of two.

References Tuulen viemää (1939)