For Love of the Game

Sep 17, 1999

2h 18m

★ 6.4

Billy Chapel must choose between the woman he loves and the game he lives for.

Overview

A baseball legend almost finished with his distinguished career at the age of forty has one last chance to prove who he is, what he is capable of, and win the heart of the woman he has loved for the past four years.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Beacon Pictures

Tig Productions

Mirage Enterprises

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Cast

Billy Chapel

Kevin Costner

Jane Aubrey

Kelly Preston

Gus Sinski

John C. Reilly

Heather

Jena Malone

Gary Wheeler

Brian Cox

Frank Perry

J.K. Simmons

Vin Scully

Steve Lyons

Ken Strout

Carmine Giovinazzo

Davis Birch

Bill E. Rogers

Mike Udall

Hugh Ross

Tow Truck Driver

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