Death on the Diamond

Death on the Diamond

71 mins | Drama, Mystery | Sept. 14, 1934

Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debts. He hires ace player Larry Kelly to ensure the victory. As well as rival teams, mobsters are trying to prevent the wins, and as the pennant race nears the end, Pop's star players begin to be killed, on and off the field. Can Larry romance Pop's daughter, win enough games, and still have time to stop a murderer before he strikes more than three times?

Death on the Diamond

71 mins | Drama, Mystery | Sept. 14, 1934

Death on the Diamond
Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debts. He hires ace player Larry Kelly to ensure the victory. As well as rival teams, mobsters are trying to prevent the wins, and as the pennant race nears the end, Pop's star players begin to be killed, on and off the field. Can Larry romance Pop's daughter, win enough games, and still have time to stop a murderer before he strikes more than three times?
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Death on the Diamond
Directors Edward Sedgwick
Writers Joseph Sherman, Ralph Spence, Harvey F. Thew, Cortland Fitzsimmons

Cast

Robert Young

as Larry Kelly

Madge Evans

as Frances Clark

Nat Pendleton

as 'Truck' Hogan

Ted Healy

as Terrence 'Terry' / 'Crawfish' O'Toole

C. Henry Gordon

as Joe Karnes

Paul Kelly

as Jimmy Downey

David Landau

as 'Pop' Clark

DeWitt Jennings

as Patterson

Edward Brophy

as Grogan

Mickey Rooney

as Mickey

Robert Livingston

as Higgins

Joe Sawyer

as Spencer

Alice Lake

as Lucy Warmack

John Hyams

as Henry Ainsley

Howard Hickman

as Dr. Cushman

Walter Brennan

as Hot Dog Vendor