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The Pride Of The Yankees (1942)

• Director
  • Sam Wood
• Writers
  • Jo Swerling
  • Herman J. Mankiewicz
  • Paul Gallico
• Stars
  • Gary Cooper
  • Teresa Wright
  • Babe Ruth

  Biopic traces the life of Lou Gehrig, famous baseball player who played in 2130 consecutive games before falling at age 37 to ALS, a deadly nerve disease which now bears his name. Gehrig is followed from his childhood in New York until his famous 'Luckiest Man' speech at his farewell day in 1939.