Eight Men Out

1988 · 120 min · ★ 6.8 / 10 · 293 votes

Drama · History

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.

Cast

John Cusack · Clifton James · Michael Lerner · Christopher Lloyd · John Mahoney · Charlie Sheen · David Strathairn · D. B. Sweeney · Don Harvey · Michael Rooker

Director

John Sayles