The Pride of the Yankees

1942

Action / Biography / Drama / Romance / Sport

10
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 89% · 31 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 89% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.6/10 10 12785 12.8K

new york yankees sports baseball biography historical figure yankee stadium

Plot summary

The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.

Director

Sam Wood Photo
Sam Wood

Top cast

Harry Harvey Photo
Harry Harvey as Joe McCarthy
Dane Clark Photo
Dane Clark as Fraternity Boy
Dan Duryea Photo
Dan Duryea as Hank Hanneman
Addison Richards Photo
Addison Richards as Coach
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2 hr 8 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by gilligan1965 9 / 10

One of my heroes portraying another!

It's not often that I see such a great movie where one of my heroes portrays another, but, this is certainly one of them. Gary Cooper portraying Sergeant Alvin C. York is another.Gary Cooper does a magnificent job as Henry "Lou" Gehrig despite being two years older, for starters; and, several years older (41 playing someone in their twenties) near the beginning of the movie while at Columbia University.Walter Brennan is brilliant as always! Teresa Wright is stunning! Besides Babe Ruth, until watching this recently on TCM, I didn't realize that other New York Yankees' teammates of Gehrig's were also in the movie as themselves - Bob Meusel; Bill Dickey; and, some others. This made the movie that-much-more enjoyable this time around! It falls into the category of movies that can be watched over and over again.I also like the 'innocence' of a movie like this as it can be viewed by everyone in the family - from small children who love real-life heroes to the elderly who remember these heroes from real-life.Although there are a few biographical errors about Lou Gehrig's life...overall, the movie is fantastic, even if you're not a real baseball fan! If you are a real baseball fan...this movie is a must-see!
Reviewed by ccthemovieman-1 9 / 10

Nice Movie About A Great Player and Genuinely-Nice Man

A lot of non-baseball fans still liked this movie a lot, and that's probably because it's more about a nice guy than it is about a ballplayer. New York Yankee great Lou Gehrig is the subject. Gehrig was often in the shadow of the great Babe Ruth, but was tremendous player in his own right and a far better human being.It's tough to find many nicer movies than this one: a totally inoffensive, sentimental and old- fashioned film about a super-nice guy, played by a popular actor: Gary Cooper. Except for one sportswriter, there were no villains or nasty people in this movie. Teresa Wright plays "Eleanor Twitchell," who becomes Gehrig's wife and Walter Brennan plays sportswriter and friend, "Sam Blake." The real Babe Ruth played himself, which was nice to see. Even though Gehrig died at a fairly young age of a disease now named after him, overall this was a feel-good movie of the highest sort. This was so nice a story that even the cynical critics dared not criticize it. It leaves you with tears in your eyes at the end.
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