Directed by:
Edward SedgwickScreenplay:
Harvey F. ThewCinematography:
Milton R. KrasnerComposer:
William AxtCast:
Robert Young, Madge Evans, Nat Pendleton, Ted Healy, C. Henry Gordon, Paul Kelly, David Landau, DeWitt Jennings, Edward Brophy, Willard Robertson (more)Plots(1)
And it's one, two, three strikes you're out at the old ball game - forever. The St. Louis Cardinals may be a hard-luck club rallying toward the pennant, but with a killer afoot, they're on a losing streak - of lives! A brisk, well-played matchup of whodunit and national pastime, Death on the Diamond boasts a roster of all-stars who hit this improbable plot out of the park with humor and conviction. After batboy Mickey Rooney finds acid-laced gloves at spring training, suspects and targets mount all season long, compelling pitcher Robert Young - himself a suspect despite dodging two assassination attempts - to bring his A-game to catching the murderer. Is it a financier poised to snatch the franchise from its indebted owner, a gambling cartel angling to improve its odds, ex-players ejected in a betting scandal, Young's rival for club secretary, Madge Evans - or someone else? (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Robert Young
USA
Best movies:
The Mortal Storm (1940)
Three Comrades (1938)
They Won't Believe Me (1947)
Madge Evans
USA
Best movies:
Dinner at Eight (1933)
David Copperfield (1935)
Nat Pendleton
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Ted Healy
USA
Best movies:
San Francisco (1936)
Mad Love (1935)
Dancing Lady (1933)
C. Henry Gordon
USA
Best movies:
Scarface (1932)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
The Crusades (1935)
Paul Kelly
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Springfield Rifle (1952)
Gunsmoke (1953)
David Landau
USA
Best movies:
She Done Him Wrong (1933)
Judge Priest (1934)
DeWitt Jennings
USA
Best movies:
The Big Trail (1930)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Movie Crazy (1932)
Edward Brophy
USA
Best movies:
The Cameraman (1928)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Dumbo (1941)
Willard Robertson
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
To Each His Own (1946)
Mickey Rooney
USA
Best movies:
Captains Courageous (1937)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Robert Livingston
USA
Best movies:
Wings (1927)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Dakota (1945)
Joe Sawyer
Canada
Best movies:
The Killing (1956)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Gilda (1946)
Dennis O'Keefe
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Fury (1936)
Leslie Goodwins
UK
Best movies:
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
Walter Brennan
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Fury (1936)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Ward Bond
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Fury (1936)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Bobby Watson
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Louis Natheaux
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
After the Thin Man (1936)
James Ellison
USA
Best movies:
Vivacious Lady (1938)
The Plainsman (1936)
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)