Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)

Directed by

John D. Hancock

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 78 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A star pitcher shields his catcher from the news that the catcher is dying of a terminal illness. They keep the secret so the catcher can finish the baseball season with his team.

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What happens

Bang the Drum Slowly is a 1973 American sports drama film directed by John D. Hancock, based on Mark Harris's novel Bang the Drum Slowly, which follows the friendship between a star pitcher and his terminally-ill catcher on a fictional Major League Baseball team. The film stars Michael Moriarty as Henry Wiggen, the team's star pitcher, and Robert De Niro as Bruce Pearson, his ill-fated catcher and close friend. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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