Summary
The Pride of the Yankees is an American romantic film drama first released in 1942,
directed by Sam Wood.
The film stars Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth, Walter Brennan and Dan Duryea.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Sam Wood
- Script: Paul Gallico, Jo Swerling, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Damon Runyon, Vincent Lawrence, Casey Robinson
- Photo: Rudolph Maté
- Music: Leigh Harline
- Cast: Gary Cooper (Henry Louis ’Lou’ Gehrig), Teresa Wright (Eleanor Twitchell), Babe Ruth (Babe Ruth), Walter Brennan (Sam Blake), Dan Duryea (Hank Hanneman), Elsa Janssen (Christina ’Mom’ Gehrig), Ludwig Stössel (Henry ’Pop’ Gehrig), Virginia Gilmore (Myra Tinsley), Bill Dickey (Bill Dickey), Ernie Adams (Miller Huggins), Pierre Watkin (Frank Twitchell), Harry Harvey (Joe McCarthy), Bob Meusel (Bob Meusel), Mark Koenig (Mark Koenig), Bill Stern (Bill Stern), Addison Richards (Jim), Hardie Albright (Van Tuyl), Edward Fielding (Clinic doctor), George Lessey (Walter Otto, Mayor of New Rochelle), Edgar Barrier (Hospital doctor), Douglas Croft (Lou Gehrig, as a boy), Gene Collins (Billy), David Holt (Billy, at 17), Ray Noble and His Orchestra (Themselves), Ed Agresti (Barber), Ernie Alexander (Bellhop with flowers), Walter Anthony (Merril), Hooper Atchley (Lathered man in barber shop), Bettye Avery (Nightclub singer), Rebecca Bohannen (Little girl), Lynton Brent (Photographer in hospital), Roy Brent (Yankee ballplayer), Betty Brewer (Little girl), Don Brodie (Girl show barker), Charles Cane (Plumber), Jack Carr (Plumber), Burr Caruth (Village storekeeper), Eddy Chandler (Motorcycle cop #2), Lane Chandler (Mark, Yankee player in locker room), Bill Chaney (Newsboy), Jack Chapin (Photographer), Janet Chapman (Tessie), Spencer Charters (Mr. Larsen), Porter Chase (Weight guesser), Dane Clark (Fraternity boy), Heinie Conklin (Wallpaper hanger), Hal Cooke (Man in cab), Clancy Cooper (Motorcycle cop #1), John Daheim (Reporter in hospital), Eva Dennison (Mrs. Worthington), Lester Dorr (Disappointed fan #1), Lorna Dunn (Clinic nurse), Peter Du Rey (Photographer in hospital), Jim Farley (Spectator), Frank Faylen (Yankee third base coach), Walter Fenner (Dentist), Pat Flaherty (Yankee ballplayer), Charles Flynn (Fraternity boy), Rosina Galli (Mrs. Fabrini), Jack Gardner (Tunnel of Love barker), Vaughan Glaser (Doctor in Gehrig home), Mary Gordon (Maid), George Guhl (Second paper hanger), Eddie Hall (Reporter in hospital room), Harry Hayden (Department store manager), Vinton Hayworth (Fraternity boy), Oscar ’Dutch’ Hendrian (Furniture mover), John Hiestand (Announcer), Earle Hodgins (Bottle game operator), Fay Holderness (Spectator), John Ince (Man in box seat), Mitchell Ingraham (Barber), Charles Irwin (Carnival batting game operator), Jack Irwin (Photographer in hospital), Sheldon Jett (Sportsman at ballgame), Payne B. Johnson (Boy in ball park), John Kellogg (Fraternity boy), Donald Kerr (Photographer), Richard Kipling (Broker), Pat Lane (Wheel of Chance barker), Larry Lawson (Barker), Rex Lease (Spectator), Theodore Lorch (Neighbor leaning through window), Frank Lyman (Fraternity boy), Dave Manley (Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia), Francisco Marán (Rathskeller headwaiter), Ralph McCullough (Reporter in hospital), George McDonald (Wally Pipp, Yankee first baseman), Matt McHugh (Strength machine operator), James McNamara (Rathskeller manager), John Merkyl (Spectator), Howard M. Mitchell (Sportsman at ballgame), Irving Mitchell (Headwaiter), Pat Moriarity (Policeman in 1915), Tom Neal (Fraternity boy), Ray Noble (Himself), Patsy O’Byrne (Scrubwoman), George Offerman Jr. (Freshman), John B. Old (Reporter), Garry Owen (Scorecard vendor), Sarah Padden (Mrs. Roberts, Gehrig neighbor), Emory Parnell (Chicago policeman O’Doul), Edward Peil Sr. (Policeman), Cyril Ring (Photographer), Henry Roquemore (Disappointed fan #2), Art Rowlands (Telephone man), William Roy (Joe Fabrini), Rip Russell (Laddie), Francis Sayles (Cab driver), Anita Sharp-Bolster (Sasha’s mother), C. Montague Shaw (Mr. Worthington), Jack Shea (Hammond), John Sheehan (First paper hanger), Jack Stewart (Ed Barrow), Ben Taggart (Conductor), Walter Tetley (Cake delivery boy), Jimmy Valentine (Sasha, boy playing baseball), Gohr Van Vleck (Furniture mover), Dorothy Vaughan (Eleanor’s landlady), Veloz (Specialty dancer), Malcolm Waite (Big strength machine contestant), James Westerfield (Spectator), Guy Wilkerson (Sportsman at ballgame), Max Willenz (Mr. Colletti), Buddy Williams (Bootblack), Charles Williams (Little strength machine contestant), Robert Winkler (Murphy), Allen Wood (Freshman telling Lou that Sam wants him), Yolanda (Specialty dancer)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 128 min; B&W
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