The story of Jerome "Dizzy" Dean, a major-league baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Title: The Pride of St. Louis (1952)
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| Dan Dailey | ... | Jerome Hanna 'Dizzy' Dean | |
| Joanne Dru | ... | Patricia Nash Dean | |
| Richard Hylton | ... | Johnny Kendall | |
| Richard Crenna | ... | Paul Dean | |
| Hugh Sanders | ... | Horst | |
| James Brown | ... | Moose | |
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Leo Cleary | ... | Houston Mgr. Ed Monroe (as Leo T. Cleary) |
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The story of Jerome "Dizzy" Dean, a major-league baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs in the 1930s and 1940s.
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baseball | st. louis cardinals | chicago cubs | baseball pitcher | baseball movie |Taglines:
His strong right arm rocketed him to Fame - he was . . . . . The Pride of St. Louis See more »Parents Guide:
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(uncredited)
Music by Richard A. Whiting
Played at the restaurant when Pat asks Dean about when he was young
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Game scenes in Sportsman's Park, in which Dizzy Dean pitches as a Cardinal, clearly show light towers in the background and the shadows of stadium lights on the field. Sportsman's Park did not have lights until 1940, three years after Dean's last game with the Cardinals. See more »Soundtracks
Honey(uncredited)
Music by Richard A. Whiting
Played at the restaurant when Pat asks Dean about when he was young
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20 October 1952 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
O Homem do Dia See more »Filming Locations:
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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"Pride of St. Louis" is aptly named, as like "Pride of the Yankees", the film was written by the great screenwriter, Herman Mankiewicz. However, despite this, I kept questioning throughout the film how much of this was fact and how much was fancy. Well, according to Wikipedia, which I quote above, it is REASONABLY close to the facts! In other words, it's kind of his life...kind of not! This, along with the odd casting of 37 year-old Dan Dailey (who looked older, incidentally) took me out of the film and led me to believe I was watching a lot of fiction!
Now doing a film about the career of Jerome 'Dizzy' Dean is a bit unusual because the man only had five good years in the major leagues until he was injured and apparently washed up. The same was true of his brother, Paul 'Daffy' Dean...though his career was even shorter. Overall, it's an enjoyable film but if you want to learn about the real Dean, you might want to keep looking elsewhere.