Eight Men Out (1988) - Video Detective

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Terrific true account of the infamous 1919 Black Sox Scandal, in which eight ballplayers from the Chicago White Sox threw the World Series for $80,000. Fine ensemble!

Original Release

09/02/1988

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Cast

Name	Character

Christopher Lloyd	'Sleepy' Bill Burns
John Cusack	George 'Buck' Weaver
Charlie Sheen	Oscar 'Hap' Felsch
Michael Lerner	Arnold Rothstein
Jane Alexander	Dickie Kerr
D.B. Sweeney	Joseph 'Shoeless Joe' Jackson
Clifton James	Charles 'Commie' Comiskey
John Mahoney	William 'Kid' Gleason
David Strathairn	Eddie Cicotte
Michael Rooker	Arnold 'Chick' Gandil

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Directors

John Sayles

Writers

Eliot Asinof, John Sayles

Cast

Name	Character

Christopher Lloyd	'Sleepy' Bill Burns
John Cusack	George 'Buck' Weaver
Charlie Sheen	Oscar 'Hap' Felsch
Michael Lerner	Arnold Rothstein
Jane Alexander	Dickie Kerr
D.B. Sweeney	Joseph 'Shoeless Joe' Jackson
Clifton James	Charles 'Commie' Comiskey
John Mahoney	William 'Kid' Gleason
David Strathairn	Eddie Cicotte
Michael Rooker	Arnold 'Chick' Gandil
Don Harvey	Charles 'Swede' Risberg
James Read	Claude 'Lefty' Williams
Perry Lang	Fred McMullin
Gordon Clapp	Ray Schalk
Bill Irwin	Eddie Collins
Richard Edson	Billy Maharg
Kevin Tighe	Joseph 'Sport' Sullivan
Michael Mantell	Abe Attell
John Anderson	Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Studs Terkel	Hugh Fullerton