Eight Men Out

6.9
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Run time: 120 min
  • Premiere: 1988. September 2.

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.

Discover

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

Don Harvey

Swede Risberg

Michael Rooker

Chick Gandil

Perry Lang

Fred McMullin

James Read

Lefty Williams

Jace Alexander

Dickie Kerr

Gordon Clapp

Ray Schalk

Richard Edson

Billy Maharg

Bill Irwin

Eddie Collins

Michael Mantell

Abe Attell

Kevin Tighe

Sport Sullivan

Studs Terkel

Hugh Fullerton

John Anderson

Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis

John Sayles

Ring Lardner

Eliot Asinof

Heydler

Clyde Bassett

Ban Johnson

John D. Craig

Rothstein's Lawyer

Michael Laskin

Austrian

Bill Raymond

Ben Short

Barbara Garrick

Helen Weaver

Wendy Makkena

Kate Jackson

Maggie Renzi

Rose Cicotte

Nancy Travis

Lyra Williams

Jerry Brent

Writer

Ken Berry

Heckler

David Rice

Enemy Fan

Tom Marshall

Browns Umpire

Jack Merrill

Grabiner

Julie Whitney

Woman in Bar

Dana Roi

Woman in Bar

J. Dennis Newman

Reds Player

Charles Siebert

Reds Catcher

Jim Martindale

Cincinnati Umpire

Bill Jennings

Chicago Umpire

David Hinman

Announcer

Danton Stone

Hired Killer

Patrick Grant

Irish Tenor

Tim Laughter

Betting Man

Brad Armacost

Attendant

Jim Stark

Reporter

Brad Griffith

Reporter

Steve Salge

Reporter

Dick Cusack

Judge Friend

Rich Komenich

Jury Foreman

Patrick Brown

New Jersey Fan

John Griesemer

New Jersey Fan

Charles Yankoglu

New Jersey Fan

Michael B. Preston

New Jersey Fan

Art

Bill Ballou

Construction Coordinator

Kirk Corwin

Property Master

Dan Bishop

Art Direction

Lynn Wolverton-Parker

Set Decoration

Don Gibbin

Assistant Art Director

Alba Leone

Leadman

Nora Chavooshian

Production Design

Camera

Dave Rudd

First Assistant Camera

Bob Marshak

Still Photographer

Lex duPont

First Assistant Camera

Mary Cybulski

Camera Loader

David Yancey

Second Assistant Camera

Marc Reshovsky

Second Unit Director of Photography

Robert Richardson

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Bonnie Clevering

Hairstylist

Claudia Brown

Assistant Costume Designer

Gigi Coker

Makeup Artist

Kathleen Mobley

Wardrobe Assistant

Peter Dircks

Dresser

John Parker

Dresser

Jacqueline Pinon

Seamstress

Elizabeth Feldbauer

Wardrobe Assistant

Chris Miller

Dresser

Tim Lee

Dresser

Jolie Gorchov

Wardrobe Assistant

Susan Lyall

Assistant Costume Designer

Cynthia Flynt

Costume Designer

Adam Lee Freeman

Wardrobe Assistant

Crew

Mary F. Jansen

Post Production Supervisor

Directing

Gina Randazzo

Second Assistant Director

Gary Marcus

First Assistant Director

Jacqueline Pine

Script Supervisor

Alice Katz

Additional Second Assistant Director

C.C. Barnes

Second Second Assistant Director

John Sayles

Director

Editing

Tim Squyres

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Ray Peschke

Gaffer

Michael Riley

Electrician

Frank Scheidbach

Best Boy Electric

Steve Arras

Electrician

Production

Sarah Green

Assistant Production Manager

Peggy Rajski

Production Manager

Paul Marcus

Location Manager

Georgia Kacandes

Assistant Production Coordinator

Eve Battaglia

Casting Associate

Cyd Adams

Unit Manager

Heidi Vogel

Post Production Coordinator

Jonathan Starch

Casting Assistant

Jerry Offsay

Executive Producer

Avy Kaufman

Location Casting

Barbara Boyle

Executive Producer

Peggy Rajski

Co-Producer

Midge Sanford

Producer

Sound

David Brownlow

Sound Mixer

Gina Alfano

Assistant Sound Editor

Ira Richard Manhoff

Assistant Sound Editor

Sylvia Menno

Apprentice Sound Editor

Tony Martinez

Sound Editor

Lori Kornspun

Assistant Sound Editor

Jolie Gorchov

Apprentice Sound Editor

Frank Kern

Assistant Sound Editor

Abe Nejad

Sound Editor

Nick Stavrogin

Assistant Sound Editor

Jeanne Atkin

Apprentice Sound Editor

Laurie Mullen

Sound Editor

Lisa Schnall

Boom Operator

Marko Costanzo

Foley Artist

Michael Jacobi

ADR Editor

Ken S. Polk

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Robert Hein

Supervising Sound Editor

Mason Daring

Original Music Composer

Writing

John Sayles

Writer

Art

Bill Ballou

Construction Coordinator

Kirk Corwin

Property Master

Dan Bishop

Art Direction

Lynn Wolverton-Parker

Set Decoration

Don Gibbin

Assistant Art Director

Alba Leone

Leadman

Nora Chavooshian

Production Design

Camera

Dave Rudd

First Assistant Camera

Bob Marshak

Still Photographer

Lex duPont

First Assistant Camera

Mary Cybulski

Camera Loader

David Yancey

Second Assistant Camera

Marc Reshovsky

Second Unit Director of Photography

Robert Richardson

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Bonnie Clevering

Hairstylist

Claudia Brown

Assistant Costume Designer

Gigi Coker

Makeup Artist

Kathleen Mobley

Wardrobe Assistant

Peter Dircks

Dresser

John Parker

Dresser

Jacqueline Pinon

Seamstress

Elizabeth Feldbauer

Wardrobe Assistant

Chris Miller

Dresser

Tim Lee

Dresser

Jolie Gorchov

Wardrobe Assistant

Susan Lyall

Assistant Costume Designer

Cynthia Flynt

Costume Designer

Adam Lee Freeman

Wardrobe Assistant

Crew

Mary F. Jansen

Post Production Supervisor

Directing

Gina Randazzo

Second Assistant Director

Gary Marcus

First Assistant Director

Jacqueline Pine

Script Supervisor

Alice Katz

Additional Second Assistant Director

C.C. Barnes

Second Second Assistant Director

John Sayles

Director

Editing

Tim Squyres

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Ray Peschke

Gaffer

Michael Riley

Electrician

Frank Scheidbach

Best Boy Electric

Steve Arras

Electrician

Production

Sarah Green

Assistant Production Manager

Peggy Rajski

Production Manager

Paul Marcus

Location Manager

Georgia Kacandes

Assistant Production Coordinator

Eve Battaglia

Casting Associate

Cyd Adams

Unit Manager

Heidi Vogel

Post Production Coordinator

Jonathan Starch

Casting Assistant

Jerry Offsay

Executive Producer

Avy Kaufman

Location Casting

Barbara Boyle

Executive Producer

Peggy Rajski

Co-Producer

Midge Sanford

Producer

Sound

David Brownlow

Sound Mixer

Gina Alfano

Assistant Sound Editor

Ira Richard Manhoff

Assistant Sound Editor

Sylvia Menno

Apprentice Sound Editor

Tony Martinez

Sound Editor

Lori Kornspun

Assistant Sound Editor

Jolie Gorchov

Apprentice Sound Editor

Frank Kern

Assistant Sound Editor

Abe Nejad

Sound Editor

Nick Stavrogin

Assistant Sound Editor

Jeanne Atkin

Apprentice Sound Editor

Laurie Mullen

Sound Editor

Lisa Schnall

Boom Operator

Marko Costanzo

Foley Artist

Michael Jacobi

ADR Editor

Ken S. Polk

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Robert Hein

Supervising Sound Editor

Mason Daring

Original Music Composer

Writing

John Sayles

Writer