The Natural

May 11, 1984

2h 17m

★ 6.9

He lived for a dream that wouldn't die.

Overview

An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

TriStar Pictures

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Cast

Roy Hobbs

Robert Redford

Max Mercy

Robert Duvall

Iris Gaines

Glenn Close

Memo Paris

Kim Basinger

Pop Fisher

Wilford Brimley

Harriet Bird

Barbara Hershey

The Judge

Robert Prosky

Red Blow

Richard Farnsworth

The Whammer

Joe Don Baker

Gus Sands

Darren McGavin

Bump Bailey

Michael Madsen

Sam Simpson

John Finnegan

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