Eight Men Out
John Sayles1988-09-02
When the cheering stopped, there were... Eight Men Out.
6.864
120 min
Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with disdain. And when gamblers and hustlers discover that Comiskey's demoralized players are ripe for a money-making scheme, one by one the team members agree to throw the World Series. But when the White Sox are defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes, ripping the cover off America's favorite pastime.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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John Cusack | Buck Weaver | The Free Refills |
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Clifton James | Charles Comiskey | Unowned |
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Michael Lerner | Arnold Rothstein | Unowned |
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Christopher Lloyd | Bill Burns | Unowned |
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John Mahoney | Kid Gleason | Unowned |
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Charlie Sheen | Hap Felsch | Unowned |
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David Strathairn | Eddie Cicotte | Zac E. Chan |
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D. B. Sweeney | 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson | Unowned |
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Don Harvey | Swede Risberg | Unowned |
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Michael Rooker | Chick Gandil | Goutbreak |
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Perry Lang | Fred McMullin | Unowned |
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James Read | Lefty Williams | Unowned |
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Jace Alexander | Dickie Kerr | Unowned |
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Gordon Clapp | Ray Schalk | Unowned |
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Richard Edson | Billy Maharg | Unowned |
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Bill Irwin | Eddie Collins | Unowned |
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Michael Mantell | Abe Attell | Unowned |
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Kevin Tighe | Sport Sullivan | Unowned |
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Studs Terkel | Hugh Fullerton | Unowned |
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John Anderson | Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis | Unowned |
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James Desmond | Smitty | Unowned |
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John Sayles | Ring Lardner | Unowned |
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Eliot Asinof | Heydler | Unowned |
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Clyde Bassett | Ban Johnson | Unowned |
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John D. Craig | Rothstein's Lawyer | Unowned |
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Michael Laskin | Austrian | Unowned |
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Randle Mell | Ahern | Unowned |
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Robert Motz | D.A. | Unowned |
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Bill Raymond | Ben Short | Unowned |
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Barbara Garrick | Helen Weaver | Unowned |
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Wendy Makkena | Kate Jackson | Unowned |
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Maggie Renzi | Rose Cicotte | Unowned |
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Nancy Travis | Lyra Williams | Unowned |
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Brad Garrett | Peewee | Unowned |
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Tay Strathairn | Bucky | Unowned |
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Jesse Vincent | Scooter | Unowned |
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Jack George | Fan | Unowned |
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Tom Surber | Fan | Unowned |
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Tom Ledcke | Fan | Unowned |
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David Carpenter | Fan | Unowned |
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Bert Hatch | Fan | Unowned |
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Jerry Brent | Writer | Unowned |
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Bruce Schumacher | Writer | Unowned |
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Robert E. Walsh | Writer | Unowned |
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Matthew Harrington | Writer | Unowned |
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Richard Lynch | Writer | Unowned |
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Gary Williams | Writer | Unowned |
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Michael L. Harris | Writer | Unowned |
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Ken Berry | Heckler | Unowned |
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David Rice | Enemy Fan | Unowned |
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Tom Marshall | Browns Umpire | Unowned |
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Jack Merrill | Grabiner | Unowned |
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Josh Thompson | Winslow | Unowned |
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Leigh 'Little Queenie' Harris | Singer | Unowned |
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Julie Whitney | Woman in Bar | Unowned |
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Dana Roi | Woman in Bar | Unowned |
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Philip Murphy | Jimmy | Unowned |
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Stephen Mendillo | Monk | Unowned |
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J. Dennis Newman | Reds Player | Unowned |
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Charles Siebert | Reds Catcher | Unowned |
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Jim Martindale | Cincinnati Umpire | Unowned |
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Bill Jennings | Chicago Umpire | Unowned |
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David Hinman | Announcer | Unowned |
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Danton Stone | Hired Killer | Unowned |
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Patrick Grant | Irish Tenor | Unowned |
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Tim Laughter | Betting Man | Unowned |
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Brad Armacost | Attendant | Unowned |
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Jim Stark | Reporter | Unowned |
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Steve Salge | Reporter | Unowned |
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Dick Cusack | Judge Friend | Unowned |
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Eaton Randles | Clerk | Unowned |
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Max Chiddester | Nash | Unowned |
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Rich Komenich | Jury Foreman | Unowned |
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Patrick Brown | New Jersey Fan | Unowned |
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John Griesemer | New Jersey Fan | Unowned |
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Charles Yankoglu | New Jersey Fan | Unowned |
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Michael B. Preston | New Jersey Fan | Unowned |
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Brad Griffith | Reporter | Unowned |