Der grosse Wurf
Der Film erzählt die Lebensgeschichte eines der populärsten Baseballspieler der USA: Lou Gehrig. Lou Gehrig ist der Sohn deutscher Einwanderer. Er wächst vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg in ärmlichen Verhältnissen in den USA auf und träumt davon, ein berühmter Baseballspieler zu werden. Seine Eltern möchten jedoch, dass ihr Sohn die Columbia University besucht um Ingenieur zu werden. Lou besucht das College, verfolgt aber weiterhin seine Sportlerkarriere. Als der Sportjournalist Sam Blake Lou entdeckt und fördert, erhält Lou einen Vertrag bei den New York Yankees und wird zum gefeierten Star...
Director Sam Wood
Trailer
Cast
Ray Noble
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Edward Fielding
Clinic Doctor
George Lessey
Mayor of New Rochelle
Spencer Charters
Mr. Larsen (uncredited)
Walter Fenner
Dentist (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
Maid (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Photographer (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins
Bottle Game Operator (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Man Outside Yankee Stadium (uncredited)
Teresa Wright
Eleanor Twitchell
Ernie Adams
Miller Huggins
Theodore Lorch
Neighbor Leaning Through Window (uncredited)
Ben Taggart
Conductor (uncredited)
Charles Williams
Little Strength Machine Contestant (uncredited)
Veloz
Specialty Dancer (as Veloz and Yolanda)
Rosina Galli
Mrs. Fabrini (uncredited)
Fay Holderness
Spectator (uncredited)
William Roy
Joe Fabrini (uncredited)
Matt McHugh
Strength Machine Operator (uncredited)
David Holt
Billy (Age 17)
Dane Clark
Fraternity Boy (uncredited)
Edgar Barrier
Hospital Doctor
Malcolm Waite
Big Strength Machine Contestant (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
Department Store Manager (uncredited)
Bill Dickey
Bill Dickey
John Daheim
Reporter in Hospital (uncredited)
Tom Neal
Fraternity Boy (uncredited)
Mitchell Ingraham
Barber (uncredited)
Edward Peil Sr.
Policeman (uncredited)
Walter Tetley
Cake Delivery Boy (uncredited)
John Sheehan
First Paper Hanger (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
Family Friend (uncredited)
Hardie Albright
Van Tuyl
Eddy Chandler
Motorcycle Cop #2 (uncredited)
Lane Chandler
Mark - Player in Locker Room (uncredited)
Frank Faylen
Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited)
Vaughan Glaser
Doctor in Gehrig Home (uncredited)
Garry Owen
Scorecard Vendor (uncredited)
Howard M. Mitchell
Sportsman at Ballgame (uncredited)
Patsy O'Byrne
Scrubwoman (uncredited)
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth
Pierre Watkin
Mr. Twitchell
Colin Kenny
Yankee Player on Train (uncredited)
James Westerfield
Spectator (uncredited)
George Guhl
Second Paper Hanger (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Photographer (uncredited)
Addison Richards
Coach
Lynton Brent
Photographer in Hospital (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson
Sportsman at Ballgame (uncredited)
Hooper Atchley
Lathered Man in Barber Shop (uncredited)
Janet Chapman
Tessie (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
Reporter in Hospital Room (uncredited)
Vinton Hayworth
Fraternity Boy (uncredited)
Dorothy Vaughan
Eleanor's Landlady (uncredited)
Ludwig Stössel
Henry 'Pop' Gehrig
Harry Harvey
Joe McCarthy
Art Rowlands
Telephone Man (uncredited)
Virginia Gilmore
Myra Tinsley
Edwin August
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Disappointed Fan #1 (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Yankee Ballplayer (uncredited)
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Sasha's Mother (uncredited)
Walter Brennan
Sam Blake
Sarah Padden
Mrs. Roberts (uncredited)
Emory Parnell
Chicago Policeman O'Doul (uncredited)
George Offerman, Jr.
Freshman (uncredited)
Douglas Croft
Lou Gehrig as a Boy
Charles Cane
Plumber (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Wallpaper Hanger (uncredited)
Dan Duryea
Hank Hanneman
Rex Lease
Spectator (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
Motorcycle Cop #1 (uncredited)
C. Montague Shaw
Mr. Worthington (uncredited)
Gary Cooper
Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
Betty Brewer
Little Girl (uncredited)
John Kellogg
Fraternity Boy (uncredited)
Jack Stewart
Ed Barrow (uncredited)
Don Brodie
Girl Show Barker (uncredited)
Elsa Janssen
Christina 'Mom' Gehrig
John Ince
Man in Box Seat (uncredited)
Wilmuth Merkyl
Spectator (uncredited)