The Winning Team
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Country United States | 6.6/10 IMDb Genre Biography, Drama, Romance Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date June 20, 1952 (1952-06-20) Writer Ted Sherdeman (screenplay), Seeleg Lester (screenplay), Merwin Gerard (screenplay), Seeleg Lester (story), Merwin Gerard (story) Screenplay Seeleg Lester, Ted Sherdeman, Merwin Gerard Cast (Aimee Alexander), (Grover Cleveland Alexander), (Rogers Hornsby), (Margaret Killefer), (Bill Killefer), (Willie Alexander) Similar movies Bull Durham , Good Will Hunting , The Babe , Foxcatcher , Sugar , Million Dollar Arm Tagline To every man who plays for the love of the game....To every woman who has ever played the wonderful game of love.....We promise an experience of heart-warming warmth and excitement. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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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.
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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.
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Accolades
The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:
References
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