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
Fred Toones
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Penny Serenade (1941)
Howard C. Hickman
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Holiday (1938)
Jack Norton
USA
Best movies:
Two O'Clock Courage (1945)
Front Page Woman (1935)
Marked Woman (1937)
Alice Lake
USA
Best movies:
Babes in Toyland (1934)
Broadway Bill (1934)
Souls for Sale (1923)
Garry Owen
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Francis X. Bushman Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Our Hospitality (1923)
Three Comrades (1938)
Eddie Phillips
USA
Best movies:
White Heat (1949)
Lonesome (1928)
State of the Union (1948)
Allen Wood
USA
Best movies:
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Storm Warning (1951)
Ernie Alexander
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Fury (1936)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
David Thursby
UK
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Captains Courageous (1937)
The Heiress (1949)
Gertrude Short
USA
Best movies:
The Thin Man (1934)
'G' Men (1935)
The Show (1927)
Al Hill
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Jim Farley
USA
Best movies:
The General (1926)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
The Phantom Creeps (1949) (TV movie) - a.f.
Baldwin Cooke
USA
Best movies:
Of Mice and Men (1939)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Our Relations (1936)
Hector V. Sarno
Italy
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Billy Watson
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Show Boat (1936)
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)