Eight Men Out
7.2
“When the cheering stopped, there were... 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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Cast
78 people
John Cusack
Buck Weaver
Known for
2012
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Clifton James
Charles Comiskey
Known for
Live and Let Die
Superman II
Michael Lerner
Arnold Rothstein
Known for
Godzilla
Barton Fink
Christopher Lloyd
Bill Burns
Known for
Back to the Future
Wednesday
John Mahoney
Kid Gleason
Known for
Frasier
Atlantis: Milo's Return
Charlie Sheen
Hap Felsch
Known for
Two and a Half Men
Platoon
David Strathairn
Eddie Cicotte
Known for
The Bourne Ultimatum
Nomadland
D. B. Sweeney
'Shoeless' Joe Jackson
Known for
Dinosaur
Taken 2
Don Harvey
Swede Risberg
Known for
The Night Of
The Deuce
Michael Rooker
Chick Gandil
Known for
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Walking Dead
Perry Lang
Fred McMullin
Known for
Spring Break
Alligator
James Read
Lefty Williams
Known for
North and South
Bosch: Legacy
John Sayles Director · Eliot Asinof Author Mason Daring Composer
Worldwide gross $5.7M · Budget $6.1M · United States release September 2, 1988
Box office
Budget
$6,100,000
Worldwide gross
$5,700,000
Gross vs. budget
0.9×
Production
Orion Pictures
Production · Studio
Sanford/Pillsbury Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 2, 1988
Theatrical
United States · September 2, 1988
Theatrical
France
July 1, 2004 · Physical · DVD
Germany
June 15, 2004 · Physical
Greece
October 14, 1988 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 2, 1988 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
July 21, 1989 · Theatrical
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