The Pride of the Yankees (1942) - Sam Wood
Xvid | AC3 - 192 Kbps (2 ch) | 640 x 480 | English | 02:08 min | 1.40 GB
Director: Sam Wood | Country: USA | Genres: Biography, Drama, Family, Romance, Sport
Cast: Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth, Walter Brennan
Gary Cooper plays Lou Gehrig, the first baseman for the Yanks who suffered from a crippling and incurable disease. Even when Gehrig was a student at Columbia University, the press had already pegged him as a top ballplayer. Soon the New York Yankees selected Gehrig for their lineup, and he became an overnight sensation on the baseball diamond. But this dedicated player–who had never missed a game once he stepped onto a Major League Baseball field–suddenly fell ill with a mysterious disease. As his body began to fail him, Gehrig had to say good-bye to the fans who idolized him and to the sport he loved so dearly..