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 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $5,700,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 8.889 |
Directed By
John Sayles
Crew
Dan Bishop
David Brownlow
Bonnie Clevering
Frank Scheidbach
Lisa Schnall
Kathleen Mobley
Tim Squyres
Gary Marcus
Lynn Wolverton-Parker
Peggy Rajski
Bill Ballou
C.C. Barnes
Jonathan Starch
Joseph A. Litsch
Peter Dircks
Michael Riley
John Parker
Mary F. Jansen
Dave Rudd
Alice Katz
Susan Lyall
David Yancey
Jacqueline Pinon
Nick Stavrogin
Tim Lee
Abe Nejad
Mary Cybulski
Sarah Green
Ray Peschke
Kirk Corwin
Paul Marcus
Gina Alfano
Frank Kern
Ira Richard Manhoff
Eve Battaglia
Jacqueline Pine
Claudia Brown
Gina Randazzo
Mark Shane Davis
Gigi Coker
Jolie Gorchov
Rebecca Montagne
Elizabeth Feldbauer
Ken S. Polk
Marc Reshovsky
Lex duPont
Michael Jacobi
Georgia Kacandes
Robert Hein
Sylvia Menno
Alba Leone
Tony Martinez
Lori Kornspun
Cyd Adams
Bob Marshak
Chris Miller
Heidi Vogel
Steve Arras
Richard Wester
Jolie Gorchov
Marko Costanzo
Don Gibbin
Laurie Mullen
Jeanne Atkin
Avy Kaufman
Barbara Shapiro
Shani Ginsberg
Barbara Boyle
John Tintori
Robert Richardson
Carrie Frazier
Nora Chavooshian
Jerry Offsay
Mason Daring
John Sayles
Cynthia Flynt
Eliot Asinof
John Sayles
Sarah Pillsbury
Midge Sanford
Peggy Rajski
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
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