Eight Men Out (1988)

Film details

Featuring

Jace Alexander John Cusack Gordon Clapp
Country

USA
Year

1988
Genres

Sport Historical drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

USA, 1919. Baseball World Series: The Chicago White Sox are favourites to win the series. Some of the players accept money to lose, after the trial they are acquitted of criminal charges but are never again allowed to play in major league.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Dickie Kerr, The Team
    
    Jace Alexander
  - Buck Weaver, The Team
    
    John Cusack
  - Ray Schalk, The Team
    
    Gordon Clapp
  - Swede Risberg, The Team
    
    Don Harvey
  - Eddie Collins, The Team
    
    Bill Irwin
  - Fred McMullin, The Team
    
    Perry Lang
  - Kid Gleason, the coach
    
    John Mahoney
  - 'Lefty' Williams, The Team
    
    James Read
  - Chick Gandil, The Team
    
    Michael Rooker
  - Hap Felsch, The Team
    
    Charlie Sheen
  - Eddie Cicotte, The Team
    
    David Strathairn
  - 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson, The Team
    
    D.B. Sweeney
  - Smitty, the Newspaperman
    
    Desmond, Jim
  - Ring Lardner, the newspaperman
    
    John Sayles
  - Hugh Fullerton, the newspaperman
    
    Studs Terkel
  - Billy Maharg, the gamblers
    
    Richard Edson
  - Arnold Rothstein, the gambler
    
    Michael Lerner
  - Bill Burns, the gambler
    
    Christopher Lloyd
  - Abe Attell, the gambler
    
    Michael Mantell
  - Sport Sullivan, the gambler
    
    Kevin Tighe
  - Heydler, the owner
    
    Eliot Asinof
  - Ben Johnson, the owner
    
    Clyde Bassett
  - Charles Comiskey, the owner
    
    Clifton James
  - Rothstein's lawyer
    
    John D. Craig
  - Austrian, the lawyer
    
    Michael Laskin
  - Ahearn, the lawyer
    
    Randle Mell
  - district attorney
    
    Robert Motz
  - Ben Short, the lawyer
    
    Raymond, Bill
  - Helen Weaver
    
    Barbara Garrick
  - Kate Jackson
    
    Wendy Makkena
  - Rose Cicotte
    
    Maggie Renzi
  - Lyria Williams
    
    Nancy Travis
  - PeeWee
    
    Brad Garrett
  - Bucky
    
    Tay Strathairn
  - Scooter
    
    Jesse Vincent
  - fan
    
    Jack George
  - fan
    
    Tom Surber
  - fan
    
    Tom Ledcke
  - fan
    
    David Carpenter
  - fan
    
    Bert Hatch
  - writer
    
    Jerry Brent
  - writer
    
    Bruce Schumacher
  - writer
    
    Robert Walsh
  - writer
    
    Matthew Harrington
  - writer
    
    Richard Lynch
  - writer
    
    Garry Williams
  - writer
    
    Michael Harris
  - heckler
    
    Ken Berry
  - enemy fan
    
    David Rice
  - Browns umpire
    
    Tom Marshall
  - Grabiner
    
    Merrill Holtzman
  - Winslow
    
    Josh Thompson
  - singer
    
    Leigh Harris
  - woman in bar
    
    Julie Whitney
  - woman in bar
    
    Dana Roi
  - Jimmy
    
    Philip Murphy
  - Monk
    
    Stephen Mendillo
  - reds player
    
    J. Dennis Newman
  - Reds catcher
    
    Charles Siebert Ii
  - Cincinnati umpire
    
    Jim Martindale
  - Chicago umpire
    
    Bill Jennings
  - announcer
    
    David Hinman
  - hired killer
    
    Danton Stone
  - Irish tenor
    
    Patrick Grant
  - betting man
    
    Tim Laughter
  - attendant
    
    Brad Armacost
  - reporter
    
    Jim Stark
  - reporter
    
    Brad Griffith
  - reporter
    
    Steve Salge
  - Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
    
    John Anderson
  - Judge Friend
    
    Dick Cusack
  - clerk
    
    Eaton Randles
  - Nash
    
    Max Chiddester
  - jury foreman
    
    Rich Komenich
  - New Jersey fan
    
    Patrick Brown
  - New Jersey fan
    
    John Greisemer
  - New Jersey fan
    
    Charles Yankoglu
  - New Jersey fan
    
    Michael Preston
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    John Sayles
  - ©/Production Company
    
    Orion Pictures Corporation
  - Executive Producer
    
    Barbara Boyle
  - Executive Producer
    
    Jerry Offsay
  - Producer
    
    Sarah Pillsbury
  - Producer
    
    Midge Sanford
  - Co-producer/Production Manager
    
    Peggy Rajski
  - Unit Manager
    
    Cyd Adams
  - Assistant Production Manager
    
    Sarah Green
  - Assistant Production Co-ordinator
    
    Georgia Kacandes
  - Auditor
    
    Valera, Matilde
  - Assistant Auditor
    
    Nancy Kriegel
  - Location Manager
    
    Paul Marcus
  - Location Co-ordinator (Ohio)
    
    Scott Durban
  - Location Scout
    
    Jerry L. Smith
  - Post-production (Supervisor)
    
    Mary Feldbauer Jansen
  - Post-production (Co-ordinator)
    
    Heidi Vogel
  - Key Production Assistant
    
    Greg Jacobs
  - Production Assistant
    
    Beth Anne Bowen
  - Production Assistant
    
    Kristin Jelstrup
  - Production Assistant
    
    Matt Myers
  - Production Assistant
    
    Carrie Rudolf
  - Production Assistant
    
    Jeannette Scheibe
  - Production Assistant
    
    Tobin, Miller
  - Production Assistant
    
    Amelia Villero
  - Production Assistant
    
    Susan Wehling
  - Office Production Assistant
    
    Beth Bernstein
  - Office Production Assistant
    
    Ged Dickersin
  - Office Production Assistant
    
    Brian Hulse
  - Office Production Assistant
    
    Heather Mcgrath
  - Intern
    
    Sharon Ballin
  - Assistant Director (1st)
    
    Gary Marcus
  - Assistant Director (2nd)
    
    Gina Randazzo
  - Assistant Director (2nd 2nd)
    
    C.C. Barnes
  - Assistant Director (Additional 2nd)
    
    Alice Katz
  - Script Supervisor
    
    Jacqueline Pine
  - Casting (NY)
    
    Barbara Shapiro
  - Casting (LA)
    
    Carrie Frazier
  - Casting (LA)
    
    Shani Ginsberg
  - Location Casting
    
    Avy Kaufman
  - NY Casting Associate
    
    Eve Battaglia
  - Casting Assistant
    
    Jonathan Starch
  - Casting Production Assistant
    
    Doug Beebe
  - Casting Production Assistant
    
    June McCarty
  - Screenplay
    
    John Sayles
  - Based on the novel by
    
    Eliot Asinof
  - Director of Photography
    
    Robert Richardson
  - 2nd Unit Photographer
    
    Marc Reshovsky
  - Assistant Camera (1st)
    
    Lex Dupont
  - Assistant Camera (2nd)
    
    David Yancey
  - Assistant Camera (2nd Unit 1st)
    
    Rudd, Dave
  - Loader
    
    Mary Cybulski
  - Gaffer
    
    Ray Peschke
  - Best Boy Electrician
    
    Frank Scheidbach
  - Electrician
    
    Steve Arras
  - Electrician
    
    Michael Riley
  - Key Grip
    
    Mark Davis
  - Best Boy Grip
    
    Steve Lang
  - Dolly Grip
    
    Bill Pierson
  - Grip
    
    Joey Alvarez
  - Grip
    
    Nelson Elwell
  - Grip
    
    Lisa Harper
  - Video Assist
    
    Steve Apicella
  - Stills Photography
    
    Bob Marshak
  - Editor
    
    John Tintori
  - Assistant Editor
    
    Tim Squyres
  - Apprentice Editor
    
    Kate Sanford
  - Production Designer
    
    Nora Chavooshian
  - Art Director
    
    Dan Bishop
  - Cincinnati Art Co-ordinator
    
    Maryann Garvin
  - Art Office Co-ordinator
    
    Catherine Jones
  - Art Office Co-ordinator
    
    Joseph Conway
  - Assistant Art Director
    
    Don Gibbin
  - Leadperson
    
    Alba Leone
  - Set Decorator
    
    Lynn Wolverton
  - Head On-set Dresser
    
    Carole Hughes
  - Dresser
    
    Peter Dircks
  - Dresser
    
    Tim Lee
  - Dresser
    
    Litsch, Joseph A.
  - Dresser
    
    Chris Miller
  - Dresser
    
    Rebecca Montagne
  - Dresser
    
    John Parker
  - Dresser
    
    Richard Wester
  - Chargeman Scenic Artist
    
    John Ralbovsky
  - Lead Scenic Artist
    
    Jamie Duncan
  - Lead Scenic Artist
    
    Ted Haigh
  - Lead Scenic Artist
    
    Joel Ossenfort
  - Scenic Artist
    
    Terry Coffey
  - Scenic Artist
    
    Sandi Cook
  - Scenic Artist
    
    Tom Haney
  - Scenic Artist
    
    Todd Hatfield
  - Scenic Artist
    
    Janet Kalas
  - Scenic Artist
    
    Reggie Prim
  - Scenic Artist
    
    Alan Simons
  - Scenic Artist
    
    David Stenten
  - Scenic Artist
    
    Stanley Stenten
  - Scenic Artist
    
    Florence Vercheval
  - Property Master
    
    Kirk Corwin
  - Buyer
    
    Linda Brenick
  - Buyer
    
    Dianna Freas
  - Assistant Props
    
    Leo Murphy
  - 2nd Assistant Props
    
    Tim Miller
  - Construction Co-ordinator
    
    Bill Ballou
  - Assistant Construction Co-ordinator
    
    Elizabeth Lohr
  - Lead Carpenter
    
    Clayton Austin
  - Lead Carpenter
    
    Michael La Mothe
  - Lead Carpenter
    
    John Talbot
  - Lead Carpenter
    
    Mark Wieringa
  - Carpenter
    
    Chris Athy
  - Carpenter
    
    Barry Brewer
  - Carpenter
    
    Glenn Bucy
  - Carpenter
    
    Mark Burson
  - Carpenter
    
    Ric Gruber
  - Carpenter
    
    Daniel Lee Jumer
  - Carpenter
    
    Raoul Moore
  - Carpenter
    
    Pielemeier, Tom
  - Carpenter
    
    Bart Simpson
  - Carpenter
    
    Dan Skley
  - Carpenter
    
    Marty Treinen
  - Carpenter's Assistant
    
    David Alan Anderson
  - Costume Designer
    
    Cynthia Flynt
  - Assistant Costume Designer
    
    Claudia Brown
  - Assistant Costume Designer
    
    Susan Lyall
  - Wardrobe Production Assistant
    
    Adam Freeman
  - Wardrobe Production Assistant
    
    Marina Marit
  - Seamstress
    
    Jacqueline Pinon
  - Wardrobe Assistant
    
    Elizabeth Feldbauer
  - Wardrobe Assistant
    
    Jolie Gorchov
  - Wardrobe Assistant
    
    Kathleen Mobley
  - Make-up
    
    Gigi Coker
  - Hairstylist
    
    Bonnie Clevering
  - Titles
    
    M & Company
  - Special Optical Effects Design
    
    Mary Cybulski
  - Opticals
    
    The Optical House
  - Music
    
    Mason Daring
  - Music Performer
    
    Billy Novick
  - Music Performer
    
    Peter Eckland
  - Music Performer
    
    Butch Thompson
  - Music Performer
    
    Art Baron
  - Music Performer
    
    Robyn Verdier
  - Music Performer
    
    Bill Reynolds
  - Music Performer
    
    Stu Gunn
  - Music Performer
    
    Jim Mazzy
  - Music Performer
    
    Members of the Purdue Marching Band
  - Band Arrangements
    
    Billy Novick
  - String Arrangements
    
    Martin Brody
  - Music Recording
    
    Michael Golub
  - Sound Mixer
    
    David Brownlow
  - Boom Operator
    
    Lisa Schnall
  - Re-recording
    
    Polk, Ken
  - Supervising Sound Editor
    
    Hein, Robert A.
  - Sound Editor
    
    Tony Martinez
  - Sound Editor
    
    Laurie Mullen
  - Sound Editor
    
    Abe Nejad
  - Assistant Sound Editor
    
    Gina R. Alfano
  - Assistant Sound Editor
    
    Frank Kern
  - Assistant Sound Editor
    
    Lori Kornspun
  - Assistant Sound Editor
    
    Ira R. Manhoft
  - Assistant Sound Editor
    
    Nick Stavrogin
  - Apprentice Sound Editor
    
    Jeanne Atkin
  - Apprentice Sound Editor
    
    Jolie Gorchov
  - Apprentice Sound Editor
    
    Sylvia Kendo
  - Neg Cutter
    
    J.G. Films Inc
  - Vocal Effects
    
    David Sharp's Totally Looped Group
  - ADR Editor
    
    Michael Jacobi
  - Foley Artist
    
    Marko Costanzo
  - Research
    
    Vince Gratzer
  - Baseball Extras Co-ordinator
    
    John Jackson
  - Baseball Coach
    
    Ken Berry
  - Transportation Co-ordinator
    
    Fleet Eakland
  - Transportation Co-captain
    
    Bart Heimburger
  - Driver
    
    Doug Brown
  - Driver
    
    John Curtis
  - Driver
    
    Dan Morgan
  - Driver
    
    Dan Seat
  - Driver
    
    Michael Woods
  - Driver
    
    Randy Wright
  - Craft Services
    
    Shari Himes
  - Caterer
    
    Movieland Caterers
  - Public Relations
    
    Clein & Feldman, Inc
  - Promotions
    
    Andrew Varela
  - Promotions
    
    Kelly Breidenbach