The Pride of the Yankees (1942)

7.4	Listal rating
7.7	IMDB rating

Drama (2), Romance (2), Baseball (1), Biographical (1), 1942 (1), Sports (1), Family (1), Sport (1)

Description

Biopic traces the life of Lou Gehrig, famous baseball player who played in 2130 consecutive games before falling at age 37 to ALS, a deadly nerve disease which now bears his name. Gehrig is followed from his childhood in New York until his famous 'Luckiest Man' speech at his farewell day in 1939.

Directed by

Sam Wood

Starring (View all) :

Gary Cooper

Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig

Eleanor Twitchell

Sam Blake

Hank Hanneman

Christina 'Mom' Gehrig

Henry 'Pop' Gehrig

Myra Tinsley

Miller Huggins

Written by (View all) :

Paul Gallico

(story)

Jo Swerling

(screenplay) and

Videos


	Pride of the Yankees part 1 The story of the life and career of the famed base...

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