A losing baseball team starts losing its players to strange killings, and the team's new pitcher takes a swing at finding the killer.A losing baseball team starts losing its players to strange killings, and the team's new pitcher takes a swing at finding the killer.A losing baseball team starts losing its players to strange killings, and the team's new pitcher takes a swing at finding the killer.
Joe Sawyer
- 'Dunk' Spencer
- (as Joe Sauers)
Ernie Alexander
- Dick
- (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
- Game Radio Announcer
- (uncredited)
Bruce Bennett
- Man on Ticket Line
- (uncredited)
Red Berger
- Baseball player
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFred Graham was working in the MGM sound department and also playing baseball semi-professionally in his off-time. He was hired to tutor star Robert Young in baseball techniques. He also was hired to double Nat Pendleton in his scenes as a catcher, thereby beginning a nearly 40-year career as an actor and stuntman.
- GoofsWhen the game resumes, after the bad guy is caught, the camera pans across the scoreboard to show that the game is tied, 2-2. The radio announcer then states, "Cincinnati hasn't scored since Kelly threw that ball into the dugout and let the tying run come in." Cincinnati was the visiting team and the last run it scored, in the top of the second inning, would have made the score 2-1 (Cincinnati leading). It would not have been a tying run.
- SoundtracksTake Me Out to the Ball Game
(1908) (uncredited)
Music by Albert von Tilzer
Lyrics by Jack Norworth
Played during the opening and closing credits
Played as background music often
Featured review
Museum Piece
The only reason to see this picture is for its historical value. You can trace the beginnings of some Hollywood careers as the film contains some famous movie names. It is also an interesting commentary on how sophisticated Major League baseball has become in the ensuing years; major league rules, regulations and business structure - how innocent and unstructured life and baseball were years ago.
It's a nice vehicle for Robert Young and the lovely Madge Evans but the story is trite and predictable. There are numerous plot holes to navigate but if you can just overlook them you can make your way through a harmless 69 minutes.
It's a nice vehicle for Robert Young and the lovely Madge Evans but the story is trite and predictable. There are numerous plot holes to navigate but if you can just overlook them you can make your way through a harmless 69 minutes.
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- GManfred
- Jan 27, 2018
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- King of the Diamond
- Filming locations
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA(baseball diamond and grandstand backgrounds)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 11 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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