Movie
The Pride of the Yankees
Overview
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
Details
- Release date
- 1942-07-14
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Genres
- Drama, Family
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Samuel Goldwyn Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Gary Cooper as Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
- Teresa Wright as Eleanor Twitchell
- Babe Ruth as Babe Ruth
- Walter Brennan as Sam Blake
- Dan Duryea as Hank Hanneman
- Elsa Janssen as Christina 'Mom' Gehrig
- Ludwig Stössel as Henry 'Pop' Gehrig
- Virginia Gilmore as Myra Tinsley
- Bill Dickey as Bill Dickey
- Ernie Adams as Miller Huggins
- Pierre Watkin as Mr. Twitchell
- Harry Harvey as Joe McCarthy
Crew
- Sam Wood - Director
- Jo Swerling - Screenplay
- Herman J. Mankiewicz - Screenplay
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