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Eight Men Out is a drama film, released in 1988, based on the book, published in 1963, of the same name by Eliot Asinof. It is a dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when eight members of the Chicago White Sox conspired with gamblers to intentionally lose the World Series. The film was written and directed by John Sayles.

Tagline: The Scandal That Rocked A Nation.

Plot summary

The Chicago White Sox owner, Charlie Comiskey, is portrayed as a skinflint with little inclination to reward his team for spectacular session. When a gambling syndicate led by Arthur Rothstein gets wind of the players' discontent, it offers a select group of stars — including Buck Weaver, and outfielder 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson — more money to play badly than they would have earned to try to win the series against the Cincinnati Reds.

Cast

Jace Alexander .... Dickie Kerr
John Cusack
.... Buck Weaver
Gordon Clapp
.... Ray Schalk
Don Harvey .... Swede Risberg
Bill Irwin
.... Eddie Collins
Clifton James
.... Charles Comiskey
Perry Lang .... Fred McMullin
Christopher Lloyd
.... Bill Burns
John Mahoney
.... Kid Gleason
James Read
.... Lefty Williams
Michael Rooker
.... Chick Gandil
Charlie Sheen
.... Hap Felsch
David Strathairn
.... Eddie Cicotte
D.B. Sweeney
.... 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson
James Desmond .... Smitty (as Jim Desmond)
John Sayles .... Ring Lardner
Studs Terkel .... Hugh Fullerton
John Anderson
.... Kenesaw Mountain Landis

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Movies - Eight Men Out

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