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Baseball star Elmer Kane leaves the little town of Gentryville, Indiana, to join the Chicago Cubs, where his naivete and arrogance soon put his relationship and career into jeopardy.
Theatrical
Apr 29, 1933
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Writer
Studio
First National Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation
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Cast
Full credits →J
Joe E. Brown
Elmer Kane
P
Patricia Ellis
Nellie Poole
F
Frank McHugh
Healy High-Hips
C
Claire Dodd
Evelyn
P
Preston Foster
Walker
R
Russell Hopton
Whitey
S
Sterling Holloway
Nick Kane
J
Jane Wyman
Game spectator (uncredited)
E
Emma Dunn
Mrs. Kane
C
Charles Cahill Wilson
Mr. Wade (as Charles Wilson)
C
Charles Delaney
Johnny Abbott
B
Berton Churchill
Colonel Moffitt
J
J. Carrol Naish
Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish)
G
Gene Morgan
Noonan
M
Maurice Black
Dice Dealer (uncredited)
D
Don Brodie
Casino Employee (uncredited)
G
George Chandler
Cubs Player (uncredited)
P
Phyllis Crane
Gentryville Journal reporter (uncredited)
D
Douglass Dumbrille
Stillman (uncredited)
G
Gale Gordon
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
