The Pride of the Yankees
(1942)
★ 7.3 IMDb · 148 votes
Year: 1942
Runtime: 128 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Гэри Купер, Teresa Wright, Бэйб Рут, Walter Brennan, Dan Duryea, Elsa Janssen, Ludwig Stössel, Virginia Gilmore, Bill Dickey, Ernie Adams
Plot
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
Biopic traces the life of Lou Gehrig, famous baseball player who played in 2130 consecutive games before falling at age 37 to ALS, a deadly nerve disease which now bears his name. Gehrig is followed from his childhood in New York until his famous 'Luckiest Man' speech at his farewell day in 1939.