Eight Men Out

Eight Men Out is a movie, released in 1988, based on the book, published in 1963, of the same name by Eliot Asinof. It is a dramitization of the Black Sox scandal when eight members of the Chicago White Sox conspired with gamblers to intentionally lose the World Series. The movie was directed by John Sayles.

Cast

• Jace Alexander .... Dickie Kerr
• John Cusack .... Buck Weaver
• Gordon Clapp .... Ray Schalk
• Don Harvey .... Swede Risberg
• Bill Irwin .... Eddie Collins
• Perry Lang .... Fred McMullin
• John Mahoney .... Kid Gleason
• James Read .... Lefty Williams
• Michael Rooker .... Chick Gandil
• Charlie Sheen .... Hap Felsch
• David Strathairn .... Eddie Cicotte
• D.B. Sweeney .... 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson
• James Desmond .... Smitty (as Jim Desmond)
• John Sayles .... Ring Lardner
• Studs Terkel .... Hugh Fullerton