The Winning Team
| The Winning Team | |
|---|---|
 Thaatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Lewis Seiler |
| Produced by | Bryan Foy |
| Screenplay by |
Ted Sherdeman Seeleg Lester Merwin Gerard |
| Story by |
Seeleg Lester Merwin Gerard |
| Starring |
Doris Day Ronald Reagan Frank Lovejoy |
| Music by | David Buttolph |
| Cinematography | Sidney Hickox |
| Edited by | Alan Crosland Jr. |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release dates |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.7 million |
The Winning Team is a 1952 biographical film directed by Lewis Seiler. It is a fictionalized biography of the life of major league pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander (1887–1950) starring Ronald Reagan as Alexander, Doris Day as his wife, Aimee, and Frank Lovejoy as baseball star Rogers Hornsby.
It includes his heroic performance in three games in the 1926 World Series against the New York Yankees, where the 7th inning strikeout of Tony Lazzeri is used as the game-ending, Series-winning pitch.
The film earned an estimated $1.7 million at the North American box office in 1952.[1]
Plot
Poor health (epilepsy) and alcoholism force pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs Grover Cleveland Alexander (Ronald Reagan), former telephone company lineman, out of baseball, but through his wife's (Doris Day) faithful efforts, he gets a chance for a comeback and redemption with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Cast
- Doris Day as Aimee Alexander
- Ronald Reagan as Grover Cleveland Alexander
- Frank Lovejoy as Rogers Hornsby
- Eve Miller as Margaret Killefer
- James Millican as Bill Killefer
- Russ Tamblyn as Willie Alexander
- Gordon Jones as George Glasheen
- Hugh Sanders as Joe McCarthy
- Frank Ferguson as Sam Arrants
- Walter Baldwin as Pa Alexander
- Dorothy Adams as Ma Alexander
- Bob Lemon as Jesse 'Pop' Haines
- Jerry Priddy as Ballplayer
- Peanuts Lowery as Ballplayer
- George Metkovich as Ballplayer
Accolades
The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:
- 2006: AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers – Nominated[2]
See also
References
- ↑ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953
- ↑ "AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers Nominees" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-14.
External links
- The Winning Team at the Internet Movie Database
- The Winning Team at AllMovie
- The Winning Team at the TCM Movie Database
- The Winning Team at the American Film Institute Catalog