The Pride of the Yankees Movie Review 1942

Excellent portrait of baseball great Lou Gehrig. Beginning as he joined the Yankees in 1923, the film follows this great American through to his moving farewell speech as his career was tragically cut short by the disease that bears his name. Cooper is inspiring in the title role.

Distribution

CBS/Fox Video, 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, Phone: (212)373-4800, Toll-free: 800-800-4369, Fax: (212)373-4803, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 128 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Biopics: Sports, Baseball, Disease of the Week, Tearjerkers, Sports Dramas

Screenplay

Herman J. Mankiewicz, Jo Swerling

Cast

Vinton (Hayworth) Haworth, Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth, Walter Brennan, Dan Duryea

Cinematography

Rudolph Mate

Director

Sam Wood

Music

Leigh Harline

Producer

Samuel Goldwyn

Awards

Oscars 1942: Film Editing.