The Pride of St. Louis

May 2, 1952

1h 33m

★ 6.9

The Story of Dizzy Dean!

Overview

The story of Jerome "Dizzy" Dean, a major-league baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs in the 1930s and 1940s.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Dizzy Dean

Dan Dailey

Patricia Dean

Joanne Dru

Johnny Kendall

Richard Hylton

Paul Dean

Richard Crenna

Horst

Hugh Sanders

Moose

James Brown

Houston Mgr. Ed Monroe

Leo Cleary

Benny

John Doucette

Voorhees

Jack Rice

Mrs. Martin

Kathryn Card

Mr. Kendall Sr.

Victor Sutherland

Receptionist

Marjorie Holliday

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