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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $6,100,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $5,700,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 12.556 |
Directed By
John Sayles
Crew
Sarah Green
Peggy Rajski
Bonnie Clevering
David Brownlow
Mark Shane Davis
Bill Ballou
Gina Randazzo
Paul Marcus
Claudia Brown
Gary Marcus
Kirk Corwin
Dan Bishop
Gigi Coker
Ray Peschke
Lynn Wolverton-Parker
Jacqueline Pine
Georgia Kacandes
Gina Alfano
Ira Richard Manhoff
Dave Rudd
Eve Battaglia
Rebecca Montagne
Mary F. Jansen
Kathleen Mobley
Sylvia Menno
Tony Martinez
Lori Kornspun
Don Gibbin
Jolie Gorchov
Bob Marshak
Peter Dircks
Frank Kern
John Parker
Alice Katz
C.C. Barnes
Abe Nejad
Nick Stavrogin
Michael Riley
Jeanne Atkin
Richard Wester
Jacqueline Pinon
Laurie Mullen
Lisa Schnall
Elizabeth Feldbauer
Marko Costanzo
Cyd Adams
Frank Scheidbach
Steve Arras
Michael Jacobi
Joseph A. Litsch
Chris Miller
Heidi Vogel
Ken S. Polk
Lex duPont
Tim Lee
Robert Hein
Mary Cybulski
Alba Leone
Jolie Gorchov
Susan Lyall
David Yancey
Jonathan Starch
Tim Squyres
Marc Reshovsky
Carrie Frazier
Shani Ginsberg
Robert Richardson
John Tintori
Jerry Offsay
Barbara Shapiro
Avy Kaufman
Cynthia Flynt
Mason Daring
Nora Chavooshian
Barbara Boyle
John Sayles
Eliot Asinof
John Sayles
Sarah Pillsbury
Peggy Rajski
Midge Sanford
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
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