Eight Men Out 1988

Name: Eight Men Out
Released: 1988-09-02
Cast: John Cusack, Clifton James, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd, John Mahoney

Synopsis:

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.

Directed by:	John Sayles
Written by:	John Sayles & Eliot Asinof
Release date:	1988-09-02
Runtime:	120 minutes
Critics score:	85 / 100
Tagline:	When the cheering stopped, there were... Eight Men Out.