The Winning Team

The Winning Team

Thaatrical release poster
Directed by Lewis Seiler
Produced by Bryan Foy
Screenplay by Ted Sherdeman
Seeleg Lester
Merwin Gerard
Story by Seeleg Lester
Merwin Gerard
Starring Doris Day
Ronald Reagan
Frank Lovejoy
Rogers Hornsby
Music by David Buttolph
Cinematography Sidney Hickox
Edited by Alan Crosland Jr.
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release dates
  • June 20, 1952 (1952-06-20)
Running time
 98 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $1.7 million

The Winning Team is a 1952 biographical film directed by Lewis Seiler. It is a fictionalized biography of the life of major league pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander (1887–1950) starring Ronald Reagan as Alexander, Doris Day as his wife, Aimee, and Frank Lovejoy as baseball star Rogers Hornsby.

The story covers Alexander's life as telephone company lineman and amateur ballplayer, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs, his battles with alcoholism and epilepsy, and finally his comeback with the St. Louis Cardinals. It includes his heroic performance in three games in the 1926 World Series against the New York Yankees, where the 7th inning strikeout of Tony Lazzeri is used as the game-ending, Series-winning pitch.

The film earned an estimated $1.7 million at the North American box office in 1952.[1]

Plot

Poor health and alcoholism force Grover Cleveland Alexander out of baseball, but through his wife's faithful efforts, he gets a chance for a comeback and redemption.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953

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