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

US Release

09/02/1988

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Cast

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

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Directors

John Sayles

Writers

Eliot Asinof, John Sayles

Cast

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