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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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| 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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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
20 October 1952 (UK) 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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(uncredited)
Music by Albert von Tilzer
Played during the opening credits and often in the score
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An establishing shot of the Detroit Tigers' venue for the 1934 World Series shows its name as "Briggs Stadium", which it wouldn't become until four years later. In 1934, it was still named, "Navin Field". See more »Soundtracks
Take Me Out to the Ball Game(uncredited)
Music by Albert von Tilzer
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It seems that 10 years later, someone decided to try to recapture what made "Pride of the Yankees" (the story of New York Yankee great Lou Gehrig) work so well, and so they decided to put out "The Pride of St. Louis" (the story of St. Louis Cardinal great Dizzy Dean.) Frankly, it didn't work as well.
It's an OK movie, but compared to "Pride of the Yankees" it's lacking. Some might argue that the comparison is unfair, but the similarity in name suggests that the comparison was on the minds of those who produced this movie. But this lacks the power of the previous movie. It lacks the star power (Dan Dailey, who played Dean, is certainly no Gary Cooper, who played Gehrig.) It also lacks the story power. Gehrig's story was just more dramatic and powerful. Gehrig died - Dean's arm went on him. I felt for him - and there was a pretty good depiction of the troubles Dean had accepting the end of his career - but I can't say that I was drawn into his story as I was into Gehrig's.