The Scout

(1994)

★ 5.2 IMDb · 124 votes

Genres: Comedy

Year: 1994

Runtime: 101 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Майкл Ритчи

Cast: Альберт Брукс, Брендан Фрейзер, Дайан Уист, Anne Twomey, Лейн Смит, Michael Rapaport, Барри Шабака Хенли, Джон Каподиче, Art Garfield, Louis Giovannetti

Plot

When his star recruit botches a Major League Baseball debut, humiliated talent scout Al Percolo gets banished to rural Mexico, where he finds a potential gold mine in the arm of young phenom Steve Nebraska. Soon, the New York Yankees put a $55 million contract on the table—provided a psychiatrist can affirm Nebraska's mental stability.

Al Percolo is a major league baseball scout sent to scout in Mexico as a punishment. However, he eventually stumbles across Steve Nebraska, a young American who can pitch AND hit better than anyone else can do either. He signs Steve and returns home in glory. It soon becomes obvious, though, that Steve is immature and possibly unstable, and Al turns to psychiatrist Doctor H. Aaron, whom he picks for her name, for help.