Movie
A League of Their Own
Overview
As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey. Competitive sisters Dottie Hinson and Kit Keller spar with each other, scout Ernie Capadino and grumpy has-been coach Jimmy Dugan on their way to fame.
Details
- Release date
- 1992-07-01
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Columbia Pictures, Parkway Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Tom Hanks as Jimmy Dugan
- Geena Davis as Dottie Hinson (C)
- Lori Petty as Kit Keller (P)
- Madonna as Mae Mordabito (CF)
- Rosie O'Donnell as Doris Murphy (3B)
- Megan Cavanagh as Marla Hooch (2B)
- Tracy Reiner as Betty Horn (LF/P)
- Bitty Schram as Evelyn Gardner (RF)
- Ann Cusack as Shirley Baker (LF)
- Anne Ramsay as Helen Haley (1B)
- Freddie Simpson as Ellen Sue Gotlander (SS/P)
- Renée Coleman as Alice Gaspers (LF/C)
Crew
- Penny Marshall - Director
- Kim Wilson - Writer
- Kelly Candaele - Writer
- Lowell Ganz - Screenplay
- Babaloo Mandel - Screenplay
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