Babe Ruth (film)
Babe Ruth | |
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Genre | Biography Drama Sport |
Screenplay by | Michael De Guzman |
Directed by | Mark Tinker |
Starring |
Stephen Lang Brian Doyle-Murray Donald Moffat Yvonne Suhor Bruce Weitz Lisa Zane |
Composer | Steve Dorff |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Lawrence A. Lyttle |
Producer | Frank Pace |
Production locations |
Los Angeles Cleveland |
Cinematography | Donald M. Morgan |
Editor | Stanford C. Allen |
Running time | 99 minutes |
Production companies | Elliot Friedgen & Company Warner Bros. Television NBC |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release |
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Babe Ruth is a 1991 American drama film directed by Mark Tinker and written by Michael De Guzman. The film stars Stephen Lang, Brian Doyle-Murray, Donald Moffat, Yvonne Suhor, Bruce Weitz and Lisa Zane. The film premiered on NBC on October 6, 1991.
Plot
The film is adapted from the 1974 book Babe: The Legend Comes to Life by Robert W. Creamer.
Cast
- Stephen Lang as Babe Ruth
- Brian Doyle-Murray as Marshall Hunt
- Donald Moffat as Jacob Ruppert
- Yvonne Suhor as Helen Woodford Ruth
- Bruce Weitz as Miller Huggins
- Lisa Zane as Claire Hodgson Ruth
- William Lucking as Brother Matthias
- Neal McDonough as Lou Gehrig
- John Anderson as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
- Pete Rose as Ty Cobb
- Cy Buynak as Eddie Bennet
- William Flatley as Emil Fuchs
- Stephen Prutting as Jimmy Walker
- Thomas Wagner as Bill Killefer
- Jeffery Blanchard as Jimmy Barton
- Brandi Chrisman as Dorothy
- Charles Fick as Waite Hoyt
- Matthew Glave as Jumpin' Joe Dugan
- Deborah Anne Gorman as Julia
- John Kolibab as Hod Lisenbee
- Andrew May as Wally Pipp
- Clint Nageotte as Young Babe
- Troy Startoni as Charlie Root
- Philip L. Stone as Graham McNamee
- Annabelle Weenick as Mrs. Woodford
- Dale Young as Fred Lieb
See also
- The Babe Ruth Story - 1948 biopic starring William Bendix
- The Babe - 1992 biopic featuring John Goodman
- List of baseball films