Flashing Spikes

Flashing Spikes

50 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Oct. 4, 1962

An old ballplayer, thrown out of baseball due to a bribery scandal, becomes friends with a young phenom. The younger player is at first tainted by his association with the oldtimer, but eventually the truth about the scandal is revealed.

Flashing Spikes

50 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Oct. 4, 1962

Flashing Spikes
An old ballplayer, thrown out of baseball due to a bribery scandal, becomes friends with a young phenom. The younger player is at first tainted by his association with the oldtimer, but eventually the truth about the scandal is revealed.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Avasta Productions
Original title Flashing Spikes
Directors John Ford
Writers Frank O'Rourke, Jameson Brewer

Cast

James Stewart

as Slim Conway

Jack Warden

as Comissioner

Patrick Wayne

as Bill Riley

Edgar Buchanan

as Crab Holman

Harry Carey, Jr.

as Man in the Dugout

John Wayne

as Marine Sergeant

Fred Astaire

as Narrator