Directed by:
John D. HancockScreenplay:
Mark HarrisCinematography:
Richard ShoreComposer:
Stephen LawrenceCast:
Michael Moriarty, Robert De Niro, Vincent Gardenia, Phil Foster, Ann Wedgeworth, Heather MacRae, Barbara Babcock, Nicolas Surovy, Danny Aiello, Barton Heyman (more)Plots(1)
The story of the friendship between a star pitcher, wise to the world, and a half-wit catcher, as they cope with the catcher's terminal illness through a baseball season. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Michael Moriarty](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270442_4806c2.jpg)
Michael Moriarty
USA
Best movies:
Holocaust (1978) (series)
James Dean (2001) (TV movie)
Taken (2002) (series)
![Robert De Niro](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/725/163725860_6555e2.jpg)
Robert De Niro
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
![Vincent Gardenia](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281144_d465e1.jpg)
Vincent Gardenia
Italy
Best movies:
The Front Page (1974)
The Big Racket (1976)
The Hustler (1961)
Phil Foster
USA
Best movies:
The Sunshine Boys (1975)
Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
Conquest of Space (1955)
![Ann Wedgeworth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312359_a20079.jpg)
Ann Wedgeworth
USA
Best movies:
Scarecrow (1973)
Green Card (1990)
Steel Magnolias (1989)
![Heather MacRae](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/763/157763615_89e6a7.jpg)
Heather MacRae
USA
Best movies:
![Barbara Babcock](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/160/117160039_af8741.jpg)
Barbara Babcock
USA
Best movies:
A Vow to Cherish (1999) (TV movie)
Far and Away (1992)
The Lords of Discipline (1983)
![Nicolas Surovy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272624_90f9d0.jpg)
Nicolas Surovy
USA
Best movies:
12:01 (1993) (TV movie)
Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
The Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996) (TV movie)
![Danny Aiello](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267925_681c01.jpg)
Danny Aiello
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Leon (1994)
Barton Heyman
USA
Best movies:
Awakenings (1990)
The Exorcist (1973)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
![Patrick McVey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/903/160903996_ba3182.gif)
Patrick McVey
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Dark Passage (1947)
![Alan Manson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/368/161368023_eea2fa.jpg)
Alan Manson
USA
Best movies:
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
The Doors (1991)
Columbo (1971) (series)
![Tom Signorelli](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/786/161786302_86e938.jpg)
Tom Signorelli
USA
Best movies:
Sleepers (1996)
Serpico (1973)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Selma Diamond
Canada
Best movies:
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
My Favorite Year (1982)
Maurice Rosenfield
USA
Best movies:
Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
![Tom Ligon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/342/162342530_c09728.jpg)
Tom Ligon
USA
Best movies:
Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
The Last American Hero (1973)
Paint Your Wagon (1969)
Marshall Efron
USA
Best movies:
Shogun Assassin (1980)
City Island (2009)
Two Family House (2000)
Jack Hollander
USA
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
The Miracle Worker (1962)
...And Justice for All (1979)
Hector Elias
Argentina
Best movies:
Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
Deadly Force (1983)
Beatrice Manley
USA
Best movies:
Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
The Baby (1973)
Summer of Fear (1978) (TV movie)