The Pittsburgh Pirates' brash and abusive manager receives the help of an angel to win games and become a better person in the process.The Pittsburgh Pirates' brash and abusive manager receives the help of an angel to win games and become a better person in the process.The Pittsburgh Pirates' brash and abusive manager receives the help of an angel to win games and become a better person in the process.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Peter Adams
- Court Room Spectator
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaFavorite film of Dwight D. Eisenhower when President.
- GoofsDuring the climactic final game vs. New York, several players are shown with multiple uniform numbers on their backs at different times in the game. This is likely due to the use of actual game footage spliced into the film. Various players are shown with two, three, or even four different numbers. Hellman, the Pirates pitcher, has both #17 and #26. Similarly, the Giants pitcher is shown with #28 and #31. Two New York batters have three different numbers during the courses of their at-bats. One has #18, #2x (not visible) and #9, while the other has #x2 (not visible), #15 and #36. The New York catcher is actually shown with four different numbers - #10 (on the scoreboard), #5, #7 and #36.
- Quotes
Aloysius X. 'Guffy' McGovern: Dogs have fleas, managers have sports writers.
- Crazy creditsAnd Introducing Donna Corcoran
- ConnectionsFeatured in Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)
Featured review
A wonderful film
A real classic and one of my all time favorite movies. So many wonderful moments throughout the film. Paul Douglas is great as Guffy McGovern, a rough, tough hard-nosed baseball manager. His guardian angel changes his ways as the Pirates go from worst to first. Keenan Wynn - don't you think he's the role model for today's outspoken writers and sports radio guys? I cheer every time Guffy punches his lights out.
Yeah, the movie's syrupy and has a few clichés, but man, it sure resonated with me when I was younger and still does today. Whenever something goofy happens in a real baseball game I wonder if there's an angel out there wreaking some havoc on a hapless player.
Yeah, the movie's syrupy and has a few clichés, but man, it sure resonated with me when I was younger and still does today. Whenever something goofy happens in a real baseball game I wonder if there's an angel out there wreaking some havoc on a hapless player.
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- alpjaj
- Jul 19, 2007
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- Budget
- $1,081,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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