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The Babe Ruth Story (1948)

Directed by Roy Del Ruth

Biography | Drama | Sports

Overview

The baseball player goes from wayward youth to Boston Red Sox pitcher to New York Yankees home-run hero.

Rated NR | Length 106 minutes

Actors

William Bendix | Claire Trevor | Charles Bickford | Sam Levene | William Frawley | Gertrude Niesen | Fred Lightner | Stanley Clements | Robert Ellis | Lloyd Gough | Matt Briggs | Paul Cavanagh | Warren Douglas | Pat Flaherty | Mark Koenig | Richard Lane | Ziggy Sears | Bucky Harris | Harry Wismer | Mel Allen | H.V. Kaltenborn | Knox Manning | Al Bain | Oliver Crawford

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Yeesh, this is bad.  I was hoping for a somewhat decent biography of a baseball legend along the lines of The Pride of the Yankees.  But this was overly sappy.

I can understand biographical films taking some liberties, but some of the events depicted were beyond belief: a crippled boy miraculously standing up just because the Babe said hello to him.  C’mon.  I imagine it was meant to elicit tears from the audience, but not tears of laughter.

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