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Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Susan Clark | ... | Mildred 'Babe' Didrikson Zaharias | |
Alex Karras | ... | George Zaharias | |
Slim Pickens | ... | Col. M.J. McCombs | |
Jeanette Nolan | ... | Hannah Marie Didrikson | |
Ellen Geer | ... | Lilly Didrikson | |
Ford Rainey | ... | Dr. Tatum | |
Arch Johnson | ... | Mr. Johnson | |
Stu Nahan | ... | Sportscaster | |
Philip Bourneuf | ... | Mr. Icely | |
Byron Morrow | ... | Grantland Rice | |
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Mickey Sholdar | ... | Golf Pro |
Meg Wyllie | ... | Sister Tarsisis | |
Greg Mabrey | ... | Jimmy | |
Kathleen Cody | ... | Sue Ellen | |
Kathleen Hughes | ... | Nancy Armitage |
The story of Babe Didrickson, who won two gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Olympics and returned to become a world champion golfer, her battles to be accepted as a woman in a man's sports world, and her fight against cancer. Written by Anonymous
A straightforward and touching portrait of a great athlete.
Back in October 1981 my mother was playing in a national golf tournament and my aunt and uncle were looking after me for a couple of days. "Babe" was on TV that evening and the film has always stuck with me. The acting is perfectly done and the subject matter treated with great sensitivity.
Finally got to see it again tonight and the memories came flooding back - of me as a 9 year old anxiously waiting for his parents to come home while worrying about the fate of a great golfer and why this disease called cancer was so unfair.
7/10