Released:
1988-09-02

Overview:
Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with disdain. And when gamblers and hustlers discover that Comiskey's demoralized players are ripe for a money-making scheme, one by one the team members agree to throw the World Series. But when the White Sox are defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes, ripping the cover off America's favorite pastime.

Director:
John Sayles

Runtime:
2h 0min

Genre:
Drama, History

• Cast:
• 
  John Cusack
  as
  Buck Weaver
• 
  Clifton James
  as
  Charles Comiskey
• 
  Michael Lerner
  as
  Arnold Rothstein
• 
  Christopher Lloyd
  as
  Bill Burns
• 
  John Mahoney
  as
  Kid Gleason