Directed by:
Sam WoodCinematography:
Rudolph MatéComposer:
Leigh HarlineCast:
Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth, Walter Brennan, Dan Duryea, Ludwig Stössel, Virginia Gilmore, Ernie Adams, Pierre Watkin, Harry Hayden, Addison Richards (more)Plots(1)
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. (MUBI)
Cast
Gary Cooper
USA
Best movies:
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
Teresa Wright
USA
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The Rainmaker (1997)
The Little Foxes (1941)
Babe Ruth
USA
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Walter Brennan
USA
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Dan Duryea
USA
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The Little Foxes (1941)
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Ludwig Stössel
Austria-Hungary
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Casablanca (1942)
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Virginia Gilmore
USA
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The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
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Ernie Adams
USA
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Pierre Watkin
USA
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Song of Love (1947)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
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Harry Hayden
Canada
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Fury (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
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Addison Richards
USA
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Hardie Albright
USA
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Edward Fielding
USA
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Tom Neal
USA
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Charles Irwin
Ireland
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Dane Clark
USA
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Frank Faylen
USA
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Henry Roquemore
USA
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
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Lane Chandler
USA
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Emory Parnell
USA
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