
Eight Men Out (1988)
Overview
Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with disdain. And when gamblers and hustlers discover that Comiskey's demoralized players are ripe for a money-making scheme, one by one the team members agree to throw the World Series. But when the White Sox are defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes, ripping the cover off America's favorite pastime.
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Additional Info
Budget | $6,100,000.00 |
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Revenue | $5,700,000.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 3.567 |
Directed By
John Sayles
Crew
Peggy Rajski
Gary Marcus
Gina Randazzo
Sarah Green
Paul Marcus
Dan Bishop
David Brownlow
Ray Peschke
Mark Shane Davis
Bill Ballou
Lynn Wolverton-Parker
Kirk Corwin
Jacqueline Pine
Bonnie Clevering
Gigi Coker
Claudia Brown
Susan Lyall
Cyd Adams
Lex duPont
David Yancey
Mary Cybulski
Bob Marshak
Frank Scheidbach
Steve Arras
Michael Riley
Lisa Schnall
Georgia Kacandes
C.C. Barnes
Jonathan Starch
Don Gibbin
Alba Leone
Peter Dircks
Tim Lee
Joseph A. Litsch
Chris Miller
Rebecca Montagne
John Parker
Richard Wester
Jacqueline Pinon
Elizabeth Feldbauer
Jolie Gorchov
Kathleen Mobley
Mary F. Jansen
Heidi Vogel
Tim Squyres
Robert Hein
Michael Jacobi
Tony Martinez
Laurie Mullen
Abe Nejad
Gina Alfano
Frank Kern
Lori Kornspun
Ira Richard Manhoff
Nick Stavrogin
Jeanne Atkin
Jolie Gorchov
Sylvia Menno
Ken S. Polk
Marko Costanzo
Marc Reshovsky
Dave Rudd
Alice Katz
Eve Battaglia
Barbara Shapiro
Carrie Frazier
Shani Ginsberg
Avy Kaufman
Mason Daring
Cynthia Flynt
John Tintori
Nora Chavooshian
Robert Richardson
Barbara Boyle
Jerry Offsay
Peggy Rajski
Sarah Pillsbury
Midge Sanford
Eliot Asinof
John Sayles
John Sayles
Adam Lee Freeman
TOP CAST

John Cusack
Buck Weaver

Clifton James
Charles Comiskey

Michael Lerner
Arnold Rothstein

Christopher Lloyd
Bill Burns

John Mahoney
Kid Gleason

Charlie Sheen
Hap Felsch

David Strathairn
Eddie Cicotte

D. B. Sweeney
'Shoeless' Joe Jackson

Don Harvey
Swede Risberg

Michael Rooker
Chick Gandil

Perry Lang
Fred McMullin

James Read
Lefty Williams

Jace Alexander
Dickie Kerr

Gordon Clapp
Ray Schalk

Richard Edson
Billy Maharg

Bill Irwin
Eddie Collins

Michael Mantell
Abe Attell

Kevin Tighe
Sport Sullivan

Studs Terkel
Hugh Fullerton

John Anderson
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
James Desmond
Smitty

John Sayles
Ring Lardner
Eliot Asinof
Heydler
Clyde Bassett
Ban Johnson
John D. Craig
Rothstein's Lawyer

Michael Laskin
Austrian

Randle Mell
Ahern
Robert Motz
D.A.

Bill Raymond
Ben Short

Barbara Garrick
Helen Weaver

Wendy Makkena
Kate Jackson

Maggie Renzi
Rose Cicotte

Nancy Travis
Lyra Williams
Brad Garrett
Peewee
Tay Strathairn
Bucky
Jesse Vincent
Scooter
Jack George
Fan
Tom Surber
Fan
Tom Ledcke
Fan

David Carpenter
Fan
Bert Hatch
Fan
Jerry Brent
Writer
Bruce Schumacher
Writer

Robert E. Walsh
Writer
Matthew Harrington
Writer

Richard Lynch
Writer
Gary Williams
Writer
Michael L. Harris
Writer
Ken Berry
Heckler
David Rice
Enemy Fan