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Edited by J. Watson Webb Jr. | 6.1/10 IMDb Initial release 1942 Production company 20th Century Fox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Harold BuchmanLee Loeb Starring Lloyd NolanCarole LandisSara Allgood Music by David ButtolphCyril J. Mockridge Cast Similar Carole Landis movies, Baseball movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
It Happened in Flatbush is a 1942 American sports film directed by Ray McCarey and starring Lloyd Nolan, Carole Landis and Sara Allgood. The film is a baseball comedy inspired by the 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers' pennant win.
The film's sets were designed by Lewis Creber and Richard Day.
Plot summary
Frank Maguire (Lloyd Nolan) is an ace ballplayer who was disgraced while still in college and is only able to secure work as a team manager. He takes charge of an unnamed Brooklyn team and whips it into a World Series contender. The players resent Maguire's drill-sergeant tactics, and when Maguire falls in love with the pretty owner of the team Kathryn Baker (Carole Landis), the players use this as an excuse to circulate a petition demanding Maguire's ouster. The manager pays no attention to the petition and leads his team to a league pennant.