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The Pride of St. Louis

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After wowing scouts at a tryout in Arkansas, prospect Jerome Dean (Dan Dailey) signs a contract to play pro baseball. Like his brother Paul (Richard Crenna), Jerome is a pitcher, and they help the St. Louis Cardinals win the 1934 World Series. Both eventually suffer serious injuries, and Jerome, dubbed "Dizzy" for his eccentric ways, copes with serious marital troubles. After he's hired as a broadcaster, Jerome faces a new challenge from teachers who object to his informal speaking style.
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Manny Farber The Nation [An] ultra-civic-minded work manages to kill the idea of baseball as the national pastime. Sep 15, 2021 Full Review Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine The wacky career of baseball's Dizzy Dean - as pitcher, radio commentator, private citizen, and screwball - is engagingly corned up in this lively diamond comedy. Oct 28, 2019 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews If you don't like baseball, you probably won't like this pic. Rated: C+ Apr 5, 2006 Full Review John A. Nesbit Old School Reviews A potentially good film is trimmed down to a tolerable mediocre one, and Diz and the Cardinals deserve better. Rated: C- Sep 1, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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steve d There wasn't a lot there. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Dizzy Dean is a true character and baseball legend! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member A great baseball story, about Cardinal great Dizzy Dean. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member A potentially good film is trimmed down to a tolerable mediocre one, and Diz and the Cardinals deserve better. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Better than average baseball film, with Dan Daily doing a surprisingly excellent job in his portrayal of baseball great Dizzy Dean. Entertaining and moving. It's a very Hollywoodized biography, but that is part of it's charm. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Harmon Jones

Director

Dan Dailey

Jerome Hanna "Dizzy" Dean

Joanne Dru

Patricia Nash Dean

Richard Crenna

Paul Dean

Richard Hylton

Johnny Kendall

Hugh Sanders

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Synopsis After wowing scouts at a tryout in Arkansas, prospect Jerome Dean (Dan Dailey) signs a contract to play pro baseball. Like his brother Paul (Richard Crenna), Jerome is a pitcher, and they help the St. Louis Cardinals win the 1934 World Series. Both eventually suffer serious injuries, and Jerome, dubbed "Dizzy" for his eccentric ways, copes with serious marital troubles. After he's hired as a broadcaster, Jerome faces a new challenge from teachers who object to his informal speaking style.
Director
Harmon Jones
Genre
Biography
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 2, 1952, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 1, 2010
Runtime
1h 33m
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