Eight Men Out

Eight Men Out

6.9 Rating1988-09-02Drama, History

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

John Cusack

John Cusack

as Buck Weaver

Clifton James

Clifton James

as Charles Comiskey

Michael Lerner

Michael Lerner

as Arnold Rothstein

Christopher Lloyd

Christopher Lloyd

as Bill Burns

John Mahoney

John Mahoney

as Kid Gleason

Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen

as Hap Felsch

David Strathairn

David Strathairn

as Eddie Cicotte

D. B. Sweeney

D. B. Sweeney

as 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson

Don Harvey

Don Harvey

as Swede Risberg

Michael Rooker

Michael Rooker

as Chick Gandil