The read
It runs a compact 59m.
Synopsis
The Hollywood Post's sports writer, Jimmy Jones (Charles Quigley), yearns to be a crime reporter, and thus looks for foul play on even the most routine assignments. In writing a piece about a girl's softball team, Jimmy discovers that their sponsor, Foy Harris (John Gallaudet), is a notorious racketeer who has supposedly gone straight. Jimmy suspects Foy is still up to no good. He begins hanging around the team to do a bit of snooping, and also to be near the cute new pitcher, Ann Casey (Jacqueline Wells).
Ratings
IMDb6/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Lambert HillyerDirector
- Lambert HillyerScreenplay
Cast
- Charles QuigleyJimmy Jones
- Julie BishopAnn Casey
- John GallaudetFoy Harris
- Rita HayworthSue Collins
- Guinn 'Big Boy' WilliamsDet. Lt. Ed Flannagan
- Gene MorganPete, press photographer sidekick
- Joseph CrehanEditor Brophy
- John TyrrellDanny Maschio
- George McKaySluggy, the stuttering umpire
- Patricia FarrPeanuts O'Malley
- Harry TylerSports Editor Dugan
- Lucille LundLine Place-holder Jane Harmon
Stills
Themes
sportsmurdersoftballwomen's baseball