Angels in the Outfield

Angels in the Outfield

 Cast: Daniele Amfitheatrof
Daniele Amfitheatrof
, Paul Douglas
Paul Douglas
, Janet Leigh
Janet Leigh
, Keenan Wynn
Keenan Wynn
, Donna Corcoran
Donna Corcoran
Angels in the Outfield

Angels in the Outfield

 Cast: Daniele Amfitheatrof
Daniele Amfitheatrof
, Paul Douglas
Paul Douglas
, Janet Leigh
Janet Leigh
, Keenan Wynn
Keenan Wynn
, Donna Corcoran
Donna Corcoran

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Overview

Though not the most profitable baseball comedy ever made, Angels in the Outfield is one of the most likeable and enduring. Paul Douglas stars as Guffy McGovern, the combative, foul-mouthed manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates. With his team in the basement once more, McGovern has plenty to complain about. All this changes when, while wandering through Forbes Field at night, Guffy is accosted by the voice of the Archangel Gabriel (courtesy of an unbilled James Whitmore). As the spokesman for the Heavenly Choir Nine, a celestial ballclub, Gabriel begins bestowing "miracles" upon the Pirates--but only on the condition that McGovern put a moratorium on swearing and fighting. With the help of the invisible ghosts of past baseball greats, the Pirates make it into the Pennant race. During one crucial game, orphan girl Bridget White (Donna Corcoran) insists that she can see the angels helping out the "live" ballplayers--understandably so, since it was Bridget's prayers that prompted Gabriel to visit McGovern in the first place. Newspaperwoman Jennifer Page (Janet Leigh) transforms Bridget's angelic visions into a nationwide news story, causing no end of trouble for McGovern. When Guffy himself confirms Bridget's claims, he falls right into the hands of vengeful sportscaster Fred Bayles (Keenan Wynn), who's been scheming all along to have McGovern thrown out of baseball. Complication piles upon complication until the Big Game, wherein Guffy is forced to rely exclusively upon the talents of his ballplayers--notably "over the hill" Saul Hellman (Bruce Bennett)--to win the pennant. Unlike the spell-it-all-out 1995 remake of Angels in the Outfield, the original film never shows the angels, permitting the audience to draw its own conclusions regarding Divine Intervention. The film is an unqualified delight, never descending into sloppy sentiment or boggy bathos. Understandably, Angels in the Outfield was Paul Douglas' favorite film (though he'd never admit it after President Dwight D. Eisenhower, hardly Douglas' favorite politician, insisted that it was his favorite as well).

Product Details

Release Date: 01/22/2013
UPC: 0883316691007
Original Release: 1951
Source: Warner Archives
Region Code: A
Presentation: [Full Frame]
Sound: [monaural]
Language: English
Time: 1:42:00
Sales rank: 14,770

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Paul Douglas Aloysius X. 'Guffy' McGovern
Janet Leigh Jennifer Paige
Keenan Wynn Fred Bayles
Donna Corcoran Bridget White
Lewis Stone Arnold P. Hapgood
Spring Byington Sister Edwitha
Bruce Bennett Saul Hellman
Marvin Kaplan Timothy Durney
Ellen Corby Sister Veronica
Jeff Richards Dave Rothberg
John Gallaudet Reynolds
King Donovan McGee
Don Haggerty Rube Robinson
Paul Salata Tony Minelli
Fred Graham Chunk
John McKee Bill Baxter,Bill Baxter
Patrick J. Molyneaux Patrick J. Finley
Ty Cobb Himself
Joe DiMaggio Himself

Technical Credits
Clarence Brown Director,Producer
Dorothy Kingsley Screenwriter
George Wells Screenwriter
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