Film about the infamous 1919 Chicago White Sox scandal. The young, idealistic White Sox players who, despite being pennant winners, are treated with disdain by their penny-pinching owner/manager. Ripe for a money-making scheme, the demoralized team agrees to throw the World Series. But when they're defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes.
"In 1919 worden acht spelers van de honkbalploeg White Sox uit Chicago omgekocht om de World Series te laten winnen door de Cincinnati Reds."
"Film about the infamous 1919 Chicago White Sox scandal. The young, idealistic White Sox players who, despite being pennant winners, are treated with disdain by their penny-pinching owner/manager. Ripe for a money-making scheme, the demoralized team agrees to throw the World Series. But when they're defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes."@en
"A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series. Based on Eliot Asinof's book."@en
"The story of the infamous "Black Sox Scandal". Eight members of the Chicago White Sox baseball team conspired to throw the World Series of 1919 to the Cincinnati Reds. The film tells how the national pastime became a national scandal."
"Based on the real-life scandal of 1919, the film tells the story of eight baseball players who plan to throw games for money, and the scorn and anger the scheme earned them."
"Based on the real-life scandal of 1919, the film tells the story of eight baseball players who plan to throw games for money, and the scorn and anger the scheme earned them."@en
"Baseball heros like Hap Felsch and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson along with greedy gamblers like "Sleepy" Bill Burns would plan one of the most frightening schemes in history. Eight men for $80,000, would break all the rules ... along with the hearts of every kid in America."@en
"Gangsters corrupt a team of ballplayers, opening the eyes of the country to the humanity of the people in the national sport."@en
"Film about the infamous 1919 Chicago White Sox scandal. The young, idealistic White Sox players who, despite being pennant winners, are treated with disdain by their penny-pinching owner/manager. Ripe for money-making scheme, the demoralized team agrees to throw the World Series. But when they're defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes."@en
"The scandal that rocked the nation."
"The story of the infamous 1919 Chicago White Sox scandal."
"Based on the real-life scandal of the 1919 World Series, the film tells the story of eight baseball players who plan to throw games for money, and the scorn and anger the scheme earned them."
"Documents the scandal of 1919 when gangsters arranged for the Chicago Black Sox to throw games in the World Series. Charlie Sheen, D.B. Sweeney and Christopher Lloyd star in this adaptation of the book by Eliot Asinof."
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