Stealing Home (1988)
Synopsis: An ex-baseball player (Mark Harmon, The Presidio) returns home after he finds out that his first love (Jodie Foster, The Accused) has committed suicide. The unexpected death of the […]
Tag Archives: Sport
Stories that have a sports setting (baseball, boxing, football, basketball, etc.)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Synopsis: Henry “Lou” Gehrig (Gary Cooper, High Noon), the only son of poor German immigrants, dreams about playing Baseball. After joining the Yankees in New York, Gehrig soon becomes the number […]
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings (1976)
Synopsis: In a bold move, the biggest star of the Negro Baseball League, pitcher Bingo Long (Billy Dee Williams, The Empire Strikes Back), decides to seek out a more diversified […]
Director’s Spotlight: Alfred Hitchcock’s The Ring (1927)
Synopsis: Jack “One Round” Sander (Carl Brisson, The Manxman) is a carny boxer who is trying to save up money to marry his girlfriend (Lillian Hall-Davis, The Farmer’s Wife). Things get […]
Diggstown (1992)
Synopsis: Ex-convict and hustler, Gabriel Caine (James Woods, Once Upon a Time in America), makes a bet with crooked businessman, John Gillon (Bruce Dern, The Hateful Eight), that a middle-aged […]
The Bette Davis Project: Kid Galahad (1937)
Synopsis: Boxing manager, Nick Donati (Edward G. Robinson, Key Largo), and his girlfriend, Fluff (Bette Davis), take shy bellhop (Wayne Morris, Brother Rat) under their wings and make him a […]
Let It Ride (1989)
Synopsis: Richard Dreyfuss (The Goodbye Girl) plays a compulsive gambler who is always on the look out for that one chance for redemption that will help him win back the trust […]
The Roger Corman Collection: Death Race 2000 (1975)
Synopsis: In a futuristic society, a nasty cross-country car race is one of the most watched sporting events. “Frankenstein” (David Carradine, Bound for Glory), a grotesquely scarred racer, is a […]
Breaking Away (1979)
Synopsis: In Bloomington, Indiana, a group of blue-collar friends (Dennis Christopher, Fade to Black, Dennis Quaid, Innerspace, Daniel Stern, Home Alone, Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children) ponder upon the future. Job […]
More American Graffiti (1979)
Synopsis: The teenagers from American Graffiti enter the adult world and they all struggle to find their purpose in life. Reaction & Thoughts: What ever happened to the characters in […]
