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The Pride of the Yankees 1942 Film | Lou Gehrig Baseball Biopic

  • Mar 1, 2022
  • 2 min read


What's your review of the 1942 film the Pride of the Yankees? It's directed by Sam Wood, and stars Gary Cooper as New York Yankees baseball playher Lou Gehrig.


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About the Pride of the Yankees


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The Pride of the Yankees plot from IMDb: "The story of the life and career of famed baseball player Lou Gehrig."


The trailer can be found online.


Cast and Characters:

Gary Cooper as Lou Gehrig

Teresa Wright as Eleanor Twitchell Gehrig

Babe Ruth as Himself

Walter Brennan as Sam Blake

Dan Duryea as Hank Hanneman

Elsa Janssen as Mom Gehrig

Ludwig Stössel as Pop Gehrig

Virginia Gilmore as Myra

Bill Dickey as Himself

Ernie Adams as Miller Huggins

Pierre Watkin as Mr. Twitchell

Harry Harvey as Joe McCarthy

Robert W. Meusel as Himself

Mark Koenig as Himself

Bill Stern as Himself

Addison Richards as Coach

Hardie Albright as Van Tuyl

Edward Fielding as Clinic doctor

George Lessey as Mayor of New Rochelle

Edgar Barrier as Hospital doctor

Douglas Croft as Lou Gehrig as a boy

Gene Collins as Billy, age 8

David Holt as Billy, age 17

Veloz and Yolanda as specialty dance team

Frank Faylen as Yankees' 3rd Base Coach (uncredited)

C. Montague Shaw as Mr. Worthington (uncredited)

James Westerfield as Spectator (uncredited)

Lester Dorr as Disappointed fan (uncredited)


Directed by Sam Wood

Screenplay by Jo Swerling, Herman J. Mankiewicz

Story by Paul Gallico

Produced by Samuel Goldwyn, William Cameron Menzies

Cinematography: Rudolph Maté

Edited by Daniel Mandell

Music by Leigh Harline

Production company: Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures

Release date: July 14, 1942

Running time: 128 minutes

Box office: $3,671,000 (US rentals)

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