The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
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Critic Consensus: The equally tragic and heroic story of Yankee's first baseman Lou Gehrig is eloquently told here with an iconic star turn by Gary Cooper.
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Cast
as Lou Gehrig
as Eleanor Gehrig
as Sam Blake
as Hank Hanneman
as Mom Gehrig
as Pop Gehrig
as Myra
as Mr. Twitchell
as Himself
as Miller Huggins
as Himself
as Joe McCarthy
as Coach
as Himself
as Himself
as Himself
as Van Tuyl
as Clinic Doctor
as Mayor of New Rochelle
as Doctor in Gehrig Home
as Lou Gehrig as a Boy
as Laddie
as Third Base Coach
as Hammond
as Wally Pipp
as Billy
as Billy (age 17)
as Mayor Fiorello La Guardia
as Colletti
as Sasha
as Sasha's Mother
as Murphy
as Mr. Larsen
as Mrs. Fabini
as Joe Fabini
as Fraternity Boy
as Mrs. Robert
as Tessie
as Mrs. Worthington
as Mr. Worthington
as Ed Burrow
as Freshman
as Christy Mathewson
as Player in Locker Room
as Hospital Doctor
as Freshman
as Landlady
as Scrubwoman
as Strength Machine Operator
as Newsboy
as Specialty Dancer
as Baseball Player
as Maid
as Cab Driver
as Fraternity Boy
as Fraternity Boy
as Clinic Nurse
Critic Reviews for The Pride of the Yankees
All Critics (25) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (23) | Rotten (2) | DVD (3)
Maté achieves exhilaration from his angle shooting and the feeling throughout out of a concave screen. Whatever feel of baseball this picture has is the result of his running camera.
The best part of Pride of the Yankees is its grade-A love story.
Surprisingly dreary and lifeless.
For baseball and non-baseball fan alike, this sentimental, romantic saga of the NY kid who rose to the baseball heights and later met such a tragic end is well worth seeing.
As a simple, moving story with an ironic heart-tug at the end, it serves as a fitting memorial to the real Lou, who called himself the luckiest man alive.
The Coop mannerisms aren't really suited to Gehrig, but he gives a typically sympathetic performance alongside Wright and real-life stars such as Babe Ruth.
Audience Reviews for The Pride of the Yankees
Maybe not strictly factual but very involving and profoundly moving. If the ending doesn't break your heart you don't have one.
Super Reviewer
You would think that just looking at Gary Cooper would be enough. But it wasn't enough to hide the fact that for a college guy he looked about 35 years old and his mother looked like his grandmother (even when he was 9)and Gary Cooper's beauty wasn't enough to hide the fact that this was a war propaganda movie.
Super Reviewer
Best baseball movie of all time.
Super Reviewer
The Pride of the Yankees Quotes
| Lou Gehrig: | Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. |
| Lou Gehrig: | Today, I consider my self the luckiest man on the face of the earth. |
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