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Film details
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Featuring
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Director
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Country
USA
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Year
1984
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Genre
Sport
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Synopsis
Period sport drama. Set in America, 1930s. Roy Hobbs, an aging baseball player, returns to the game to play for the New York Knights. He is an inspired player, but he has a very dark and mysterious past which the film explores, using Arthurian imagery and references, and covers his life from boyhood.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Roy Hobbs
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Max Mercy
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Iris
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Memo Paris
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Pop Fisher
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Harriet Bird
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The Judge
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Red Blow
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The Whammer
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Sam Simpson
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Ed Hobbs
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Young Roy
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Young Iris
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Ted Hobbs
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Bump Bailey (The New York Knight)
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John Olsen (the New York Knight)
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Doc Dizzy (The New York Knight)
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Bobby Savoy (The Newyork Knight)
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Coach Wilson (The New York Knight)
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Hank Benz (The New York Knight)
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Emil Lajong (The New York Knight)
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Allie Stubbs (The New York Knight)
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Gabby Laslow (The New York Knight)
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Al Fowler (The New York Knight)
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Cal Baker (The New York Knight)
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Pat McGee (The New York Knight)
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Tommy Hinckle (The New York Knight)
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Dutch Schultz (The New York Knight)
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Boone (The New York Knight)
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Murphy (The New York Knight)
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Additional Knight
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Additional Knight
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Additional Knight
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Additional Knight
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Additional Knight
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Additional Knight
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Additional Knight
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Additional Knight
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Additional Knight
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Additional Knight
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Pirates' Manager
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Pitcher Youngberry
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Pitcher John Rhoades
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Umpire Augie
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Umpire Babe
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Memorial Game Umpire
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Final Game Home Plate Umpire
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Al
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Al's Customer
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Carnival Boy
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Home Plate Photographer
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Maid at Party
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League Official
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Dr. Knobb
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Hospital Doctor
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Stern Nurse
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Newsreel Narrator
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Newsreel Presenter
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Night-club Band
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[cynical gambler]
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Credits
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Direction:
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Director
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
Production:
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©
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Production Company
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Production Company
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Executive Producer
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Executive Producer
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Producer
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Associate Producer
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Production Executive
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Unit Production Manager
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Location Manager
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Location Manager
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Location Manager
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Production Assistant
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Production Assistant
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Production Assistant
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Production Assistant
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Production Assistant
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Production Assistant
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Production Assistant
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Researcher
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Filmed at
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Filmed in part at
Writing:
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Screenplay
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Screenplay
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Original Novel
Photography:
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Director of Photography
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Camera Operator
Special Effects:
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Special Effects
Editing:
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Editor
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Additional Editor
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Additional Editor
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Additional Editor
Design:
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Production Designer (Los Angeles)
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Production Designer (New York)
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Art Director (Los Angeles)
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Art Director (New York)
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Set Decorator
Costumes:
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Costume Supervisor
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Costume Designer
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Costume Designer (Close/Hershey/Basinger
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Costumer
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Costumer
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Costumer
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Costumer
Make-up:
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Make-up
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Make-up
Film processing:
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Lenses and Panaflex Camera by
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Colour/Prints by
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Processing by
Music:
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Music
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Orchestrations
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Music Editor
Sound:
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Sound Recording
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Sound Recording
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Sound Recording
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Sound Re-recording
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Sound Re-recording
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Sound Re-recording
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Supervising Sound Editor
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Sound Effects Editor
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Sound Effects Editor
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Sound Effects Editor
Consultant:
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Creative Consultant
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Baseball Consultant
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Baseball Consultant
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Baseball Trainer
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Baseball Trainer
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Sight & Sound magazine
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Reviews, interviews and features from the international film magazine.
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