Damn Yankees!

TV Movie
19671967
1h 40m

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Wishing for his favorite losing baseball team, the Washington Senators, to win the pennant, middle-aged Joe Boyd literally makes a deal with the Devil (in the form of one Mr. Applegate) and ... Read allWishing for his favorite losing baseball team, the Washington Senators, to win the pennant, middle-aged Joe Boyd literally makes a deal with the Devil (in the form of one Mr. Applegate) and becomes young athlete Joe Hardy, who quickly becomes a sensation helping the Senators play... Read allWishing for his favorite losing baseball team, the Washington Senators, to win the pennant, middle-aged Joe Boyd literally makes a deal with the Devil (in the form of one Mr. Applegate) and becomes young athlete Joe Hardy, who quickly becomes a sensation helping the Senators play a winning season. But when he starts to pine for his old life, Applegate sends temptress ... Read all

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6.8/10

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Director
- Kirk Browning
Writers
- George Abbott(book)
- Douglass Wallop(book)
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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 nomination total

Trivia
The musical play "Damn Yankees" opened at the 46th Street Theater in New York City on May 5, 1955, ran for 1,019 performances and won the 1956 Tony Award (New York City) for the Best Musical.

Connections
Version of Mitä Lola tahtoo (1958)

Soundtracks
Six Months Out of Every Year
Written by Richard Adler & Jerry Ross

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8/10

A delightful rendition of this musical

I have wanted to see this since its broadcast in 1967. It was shown on Christmas Eve and I was at a family gathering so I didn't get to see it. The production is very cartoonish and the camera work isn't the best, but this is a sensational cast and their having fun with it. Ray Middleton is Joe, and Fran Allyson (without Kulka and Ollie) is his wife. Phil Silvers is slick and funny as Applegate, with a young Linda Lavin as Rocky, Jim Backus as the team's coach and Bob Dishy as one of the players. Lee Remick is smashing as Lola, and she gives it her all. Fresh from Mame, Jerry Lanning plays young Joe and there are moments of pure joy. As far as the television musicals of the 1960s go, this is a treat! I've recently discovered that YouTube has a number of them, such as Cole Porter's Aladdin, featuring Cyril Ritchard and Sal Mineo; the Armstrong Circle productions of Brigadoon with Robert Goulet and Kismet with Jose Ferrer and Anna Maria Alberghetti, as well as the Merrill-Styne Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood starring Liza Minnelli. These are shows that should be rediscovered to understand how television benefitted Broadway back then!

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