
"When the cheering stopped, there were... Eight Men Out."
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
Budget
$6,100,000
Revenue
$5,700,000
Status
Released

John Cusack
Buck Weaver

Clifton James
Charles Comiskey

Michael Lerner
Arnold Rothstein

Christopher Lloyd
Bill Burns

John Mahoney
Kid Gleason

Charlie Sheen
Hap Felsch

David Strathairn
Eddie Cicotte

D. B. Sweeney
'Shoeless' Joe Jackson