Eight Men Out
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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John CusackBuck Weaver
Clifton JamesCharles Comiskey
Michael LernerArnold Rothstein
Christopher LloydBill Burns
John MahoneyKid Gleason
Charlie SheenHap Felsch
David StrathairnEddie Cicotte
D. B. Sweeney'Shoeless' Joe Jackson
Don HarveySwede Risberg
Michael RookerChick Gandil
Perry LangFred McMullin
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Release date 1988-09-02
Countries United States
Production & box office Budget $6.1M · Box office $5.7M
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