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What do you do with a pitcher whose dominance has helped his team claim two world-championship banners? If the pitcher is burly lefty George Herman Ruth, you banish him from the mound, put a bat in his hand and watch him clout one record-setting home run after another. William Bendix suits up in Yankee flannels as the renowned pitcher-turned-outfielder and Sultan of Swat in a movie that mixes fact, fiction and more fiction in a way that makes it a bit of a novelty among sports biopics.
Original Release
09/06/1948
US Release
09/06/1948
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Cast
Name | Character |
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William Bendix | George Herman 'Babe' Ruth |
Claire Trevor | Claire Hodgson Ruth |
Charles Bickford | Brother Matthias |
Sam Levene | Phil Conrad |
William Frawley | Jack Dunn |
Gertrude Niesen | Nightclub Singer |
Fred Lightner | Miller Huggins |
Stanley Clements | Western Union Boy |
Robert Ellis | Babe Ruth as a Boy / Babe Ruth as a Boy (as Bobby Ellis) |
Lloyd Gough | Gambler Dalton |
Directors
Writers
Bob Considine, George Callahan, Babe Ruth
Cast
Name | Character |
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William Bendix | George Herman 'Babe' Ruth |
Claire Trevor | Claire Hodgson Ruth |
Charles Bickford | Brother Matthias |
Sam Levene | Phil Conrad |
William Frawley | Jack Dunn |
Gertrude Niesen | Nightclub Singer |
Fred Lightner | Miller Huggins |
Stanley Clements | Western Union Boy |
Robert Ellis | Babe Ruth as a Boy / Babe Ruth as a Boy (as Bobby Ellis) |
Lloyd Gough | Gambler Dalton |
Matt Briggs | Colonel Jacob Ruppert |
Paul Cavanagh | Dr. Menzies |
Warren Douglas | Boston Braves' Rookie |
Pat Flaherty | Bill Carrigan, Red Sox Manager |
Mark Koenig | Mark Koenig |
Richard Lane | Boston Braves' coach |
Ziggy Sears | Umpire Ziggy Sears |
Bucky Harris | Bucky Harris - Baseball Player |
Harry Wismer | Harry Wismer - Sports Announcer |
Mel Allen | Mel Allen - New York Yankees Radio Announcer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Roy Del Ruth | Producer |
Joe Kaufmann | Producer |