Baseball player Terry McCall is a very good baseball player, who doesn't mind bragging about his skills on the baseball-diamond and also his off-the-field skills at wooing and winning women. An accident cause his luck to turn bad, and results in him turning blind, but he later regains his sight after being instrumental in saving the life of Mickey Malone, the team's young mascot.

Is it worth the watch? If you like old-school melodramas where the moral is delivered with a sledgehammer, you’ll probably find something to love here. If you’re allergic to 1930s-era earnestness or characters who are basically impossible to root for, skip it. Honestly, it’s a bit of a relic. Terry McCall is just exha...


Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Benjamin Stoloff

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"Is it worth the watch? If you like old-school melodramas where the moral is delivered with a sledgehammer, you’ll probably find something to love here. If you’re allergic to 1930s-era earnestness or characters who are basically impossible to root for, skip it. Honestly, it’s a bit of a relic. Terry McCall is just exhausting. He’s the guy at the bar who won’t stop telling you about his high school glory days, except here he’s a professional athlete. Bryant Washburn plays him with this specific, ..."

Bryant Washburn
Gerald Beaumont, William Jacobs
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