Death on the Diamond
1934 film by Edward Sedgwick
- September 14, 1934 (1934-09-14)
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Death on the Diamond is a 1934 comedy-mystery film starring Robert Young. It was based on the novel Death on the Diamond: A Baseball Mystery Story by Cortland Fitzsimmons, directed by Edward Sedgwick and produced and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Plot
Unless his team can win the pennant, owner Pop Clark will lose his baseball team, the St. Louis Cardinals. He gets Larry Kelly in order to try and seal the deal. However, rival teams and mobsters are trying to stop his team from winning the pennant race, with some of his star players getting killed on and off the field.
Cast
- Robert Young as Larry Kelly
- Madge Evans as Frances Clark
- Nat Pendleton as Larry "Truck" Hogan
- Ted Healy as Terry "Crawfish" O'Toole
- C. Henry Gordon as Joseph Karnes
- Paul Kelly as Jimmie Downey
- David Landau as Pop Clark
- DeWitt Jennings as Mr. Patterson
- Edward Brophy as Police Sgt. Grogan
- Willard Robertson as Police Lt. Luke Cato
- Mickey Rooney as Mickey
- Robert Livingston as Frank "Higgie" Higgins
- Joe Sawyer as Duncan "Dunk" Spencer (as Joe Sauers)
Production
Appearing uncredited in the film were a number of ex-Major Leaguers, including Bob and Irish Meusel, Ping Bodie, Ivan Olson and Pat Flaherty, plus one player who was still very much active, slugger Wally "Red" Berger.[1]
Reception
Leonard Maltin described the film as an "absurd crime tale" while giving it 2 out of 4 stars.[2]
See also
References
External links
- Death on the Diamond at IMDb
- Death on the Diamond at the TCM Movie Database
- Death on the Diamond at AllMovie
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Films directed by Edward Sedgwick
- Fantômas (1920)
- Bar Nothin' (1921)
- The Rough Diamond (1921)
- Live Wires (1921)
- Boomerang Justice (1922)
- Chasing the Moon (1922)
- The Bearcat (1922)
- The Flaming Hour (1922)
- Do and Dare (1922)
- Out of Luck (1923)
- Romance Land (1923)
- Single Handed (1923)
- The Gentleman from America (1923)
- Dead Game (1923)
- Shootin' for Love (1923)
- The First Degree (1923)
- Blinky (1923)
- The Ramblin' Kid (1923)
- The Thrill Chaser (1923)
- Hook and Ladder (1924)
- Ride for Your Life (1924)
- 40-Horse Hawkins (1924)
- Broadway or Bust (1924)
- The Sawdust Trail (1924)
- Hit and Run (1924)
- The Ridin' Kid from Powder River (1924)
- The Hurricane Kid (1925)
- The Saddle Hawk (1925)
- Let 'er Buck (1925)
- Lorraine of the Lions (1925)
- The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
- Two-Fisted Jones (1925)
- The Runaway Express (1926)
- The Flaming Frontier (1926)
- There You Are! (1926)
- Tin Hats (1926)
- Under Western Skies (1926)
- Slide, Kelly, Slide (1927)
- The Bugle Call (1927)
- Spring Fever (1927)
- West Point (1927)
- Circus Rookies (1928)
- The Cameraman (1928)
- Spite Marriage (1929)
- Free and Easy (1930)
- Estrellados (1930)
- Doughboys (1930)
- Remote Control (1930)
- Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)
- Maker of Men (1931)
- A Dangerous Affair (1931)
- The Big Shot (1931)
- The Passionate Plumber (1932)
- Speak Easily (1932)
- What! No Beer? (1933)
- Horse Play (1933)
- Saturday's Millions (1933)
- The Poor Rich (1934)
- I'll Tell the World (1934)
- Here Comes the Groom (1934)
- Father Brown, Detective (1934)
- Death on the Diamond (1934)
- Murder in the Fleet (1935)
- The Virginia Judge (1935)
- Mr. Cinderella (1936)
- Pick a Star (1937)
- Riding on Air (1937)
- Fit for a King (1937)
- The Gladiator (1938)
- Beware Spooks! (1939)
- Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (1939)
- So You Won't Talk (1940)
- Air Raid Wardens (1943)
- Easy to Wed (1946)
- A Southern Yankee (1948)
- Excuse My Dust (1951)
- Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951)
- I Love Lucy: The Movie (1953)
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