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Status
Released
Release
1942
Runtime
1h 20m
"ROMANCE strikes straight across the plate!"
A washed up baseball player returns to Brooklyn to manage his old team but an old sports reporter is eager to prove that he is a loser.
35 Cast Members
Lloyd Nolan
Frank 'Butterfingers' Maguire
Carole Landis
Kathryn Baker
Sara Allgood
Mrs. 'Mac' McAvoy
William Frawley
Sam Sloan
Robert Armstrong
Danny Mitchell
Jane Darwell
Mrs. Maguire
George Holmes
Roy Collins aka Roy Anderson
Scotty Beckett
Squint
Joseph Allen
Walter Rogers
James Burke
Umpire Shaunnessy
Roger Imhof
Mr. Maguire
Matt McHugh
O'Doul
LeRoy Mason
J.C. Scott - Catcher
Pat Flaherty
Pat O'Hara - Pitcher
Dale Van Sickel
Stevenson - First Baseman
John Burger
Jim Harding - Outfielder
Jed Prouty
The Judge
Robert Homans
Mr. Collins
Mary Gordon
Mrs. Collins
Ruth Clifford
Ruth (uncredited)
