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The Pride of the Yankees - Sam Wood

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Directed by: 
Sam Wood
Story by: 
Paul Gallico
Screenplay by: 
Paul Gallico
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Jo Swerling
Produced by: 
Samuel Goldwyn
Release year: 
1942
Country: 
United States of America
Runtime: 
128min
Genre: 
Biographical film
Sports
Black-and-white
Drama
Music by: 
Leigh Harline
Locations: 
New York City
Subjects: 
Baseball
Tagline: 
Intimate and thrilling drama of a hero of the headlines... the girl who had his love and shared his life, but dared not question his one secret!
Plot: 
Biopic traces the life of Lou Gehrig, famous baseball player who played in 2130 consecutive games before falling at age 37 to ALS, a deadly nerve disease which now bears his name. Gehrig is followed from his childhood in New York until his famous 'Luckiest Man' speech at his farewell day in 1939.
Cast: 
Gary Cooper
as
Lou Gehrig
Teresa Wright
as
Eleanor Gehrig
Walter Brennan
Babe Ruth
as
Babe Ruth
Dan Duryea
Pierre Watkin
Ludwig Stössel
Ernie Adams
Bill Dickey
Virginia Gilmore
Harry Harvey, Sr.
Else Jannsen

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