EIGHT MEN OUT (1988)

JOHN SAYLES

True Stories Sport Drama 1900-1919 Recommended Whisky's Wonders

Cast

JOHN CUSACK CLIFTON JAMES CHARLIE SHEEN

Plot

A factionalised account of how the 1919 baseball world series was thrown by the heavily favoured Chicago White Sox. They made a deal with gangsters to get back at their stingy boss and make a packet on the side. This was a scandal that shocked a nation and is an excellent film.