The Stratton Story (1949)
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 1
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Release Date: May 12, 1949 Wide
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Both Van Johnson and Gregory Peck were considered for the role of baseball star Monty Stratton in the 1949 biopic The Stratton Story before settling upon the real Stratton's own first choice, James Stewart. The film covers several years in the 1930s, as Texas farm boy Stratton rises from the minors to the Chicago White Sox. Along the way, Monty marries an Omaha gal named Ethel (June Allyson), who gives him a son. In November 1938, Monty accidentally shoots himself in the leg while on a hunting
May 12, 1949 Wide
Aug 15, 2006
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Cast
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James Stewart
Monty Stratton -
June Allyson
Ethel Stratton -
Frank Morgan
Barney Wile -
Agnes Moorehead
Ma Stratton -
Bill Williams
Gene Watson -
Bruce Cowling
Ted Lyons -
Cliff Clark
Higgins -
Mary Lawrence
Dot -
Dean White
Luke Appling -
Robert Gist
Larnie -
Eugene Bearden
Western All-Stars Pitch... -
Bill Dickey
Himself -
Jimmy Dykes
Himself -
Jessie Arnold
People in Theater -
Polly Bailey
Person in Theatre -
William Norton Bailey
Person in Theatre -
William H. Bassett
Stratton Baby -
Pat Flaherty
Western Manager -
Lee Tung Foo
Waiter -
Holmes Herbert
Doctor -
John Kerr (II)
Yankee Coach -
Florence Lake
Mrs. Appling -
Mitchell Lewis
Conductor -
Alphonse Martell
Headwaiter -
Fred Millican
All-Star Catcher -
Anne Nagel
Mrs. Piet -
Gene Persson
Boy -
Jack Powell
Umpire -
Michael Ross
Pitcher -
Sid Saylor
Person in Theatre -
Charles Smith
Theater Usher -
Kenneth Tobey
Detroit Player -
George Melford
Person in Theatre -
George Ovey
Person in Theatre -
Vangie Beilby
Person in Theatre -
Mabel Smaney
Person in Theatre -
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Fred Somers
Giants Manager -
Cy Stevens
Person in Theatre -
James Nolan
Reporter -
Barbara Woodell
Mrs. Shea
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As directed by Same Wood, this sports biopic is too earnest and too concerned with being inspirational, but Jimmy Stewart is good.
Amidst a script that starts, stalls and plods along, Stewart is an inspiration who could probably tell 'Yo Mamma jokes to the Brady clan and Partridge family and still be their best friend.
...is sweet and uplifting, not a little corny, but helped immensely by Stewart's easygoing, soft-spoken appeal.
The inspirational true story of Chicago White Sox pitcher Monty Stratton.
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