Eight Men Out

Eight Men Out

119 mins | Drama, History | Sept. 2, 1988

A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.

Eight Men Out

119 mins | Drama, History | Sept. 2, 1988

Eight Men Out
A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Orion Pictures
Original title Eight Men Out
Directors Gina Randazzo, Gary Marcus, John Sayles
Writers Eliot Asinof, John Sayles

Cast

John Cusack

as George 'Buck' Weaver

Clifton James

as Charles 'Commie' Comiskey

Michael Lerner

as Arnold Rothstein

Christopher Lloyd

as 'Sleepy' Bill Burns

John Mahoney

as William 'Kid' Gleason

Charlie Sheen

as Oscar 'Hap' Felsch

David Strathairn

as Eddie Cicotte

D.B. Sweeney

as 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson

Don Harvey

as Charles 'Swede' Risberg

Michael Rooker

as Arnold 'Chick' Gandil

Perry Lang

as Fred McMullin

James Read

as Claude 'Lefty' Williams

Jace Alexander

as Dickie Kerr

Gordon Clapp

as Ray Schalk

Richard Edson

as Billy Maharg

Bill Irwin

as Eddie Collins

Michael Mantell

as Abe Attell

Kevin Tighe

as Joseph 'Sport' Sullivan

Studs Terkel

as Hugh Fullerton

John Anderson

as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis

John Sayles

as Ring Lardner

Clyde Bassett

as Ban Johnson

Barbara Garrick

as Helen Weaver

Wendy Makkena

as Kate Jackson

Maggie Renzi

as Rose Cicotte

Nancy Travis

as Lyra Williams

Bill Raymond

as Ben Short

James Desmond

as Smitty (as Jim Desmond)

Eliot Asinof

as John Heydler

John D. Craig

as Rothstein's lawyer

Michael Laskin

as Alfred Austrian

Randle Mell

as Michael Ahearn

Robert Motz

as District Attorney

Tay Strathairn

as Bucky

Jesse Vincent

as Scooter

Jack George

as Fan

Tom Surber

as Fan

Tom Ledcke

as Fan

Bert Hatch

as Fan

Jerry Brent

as Writer

Bruce Schumacher

as Writer

Robert Walsh

as Writer

Matthew Harrington

as Writer

Richard Lynch

as Writer

Gary Williams

as Writer

Michael L. Harris

as Writer (as Michael Harris)

Ken Berry

as Heckler

David Rice

as Enemy fan

Tom Marshall

as Browns umpire

Jack Merrill

as Grabiner (as Merrill Holtzman)

Josh Thompson

as Winslow

Julie Whitney

as Woman in Bar

Dana Roi

as Woman in Bar

Philip Murphy

as Jimmy

J. Dennis Newman

as Reds Player

Charles Siebert

as Ivey Wingo (as Charles Siebert II)

Jim Martindale

as Cincinnati Umpire

Bill Jennings

as Chicago Umpire

David Hinman

as Announcer

Danton Stone

as Hired Killer

Patrick Grant

as Irish Tenor

Tim Laughter

as Betting Man

Brad Armacost

as Attendant

Jim Stark

as Reporter

Brad Griffith

as Reporter

Steve Salge

as Reporter

Dick Cusack

as Judge Friend

Eaton Randles

as Clerk

Max Chiddester

as Tom Nash

Rich Komenich

as Jury Foreman

Patrick Brown

as New Jersey Fan

John Griesemer

as New Jersey Fan

Charles Yankoglu

as New Jersey Fan

Michael B. Preston

as Ellix (as Michael Preston)