VHS : Angels in the Outfield 1951
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starring: Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn, Donna Corcoran, Lewis Stonedirected by: Clarence Brown
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303117850
Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6303117856
Label: MGM (Warner)
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: June 30, 1994
Running Time: 102 minutes
Sales Rank: 11511
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: October 19, 1951
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Pure heaven for baseball-movie fans, this charming 1951 fantasy will even make believers out of jaded younger viewers only familiar with the 1994 special effects-laden remake. A pitch-perfect Paul Douglas stars as 'Guffy' McGovern, the brawling manager of the last-place, laughing stock Pittsburgh Pirates. The hated, profanity-spewing McGovern is touched by an angel in answer to an orphan girl's prayers for the hapless team. If he cleans up his act, a roster of celestial all-stars will 'help' the Pirates. Angels in the Outfield scores with a winning script, clever touches (McGovern's blue language is suggested by a manipulated soundtrack that makes its sound like he's speaking in tongues), and a roster of most valuable players that includes: Janet Leigh as a household hints reporter who begins to take a personal interest in the lovably unlovable McGovern; the adorable Donna Corcoran as the little girl who can see the angels (who, like Harvey the rabbit, are otherwise left to the imagination); Keenan Wynn as a nasty sportscaster with a grudge against McGovern, a pre-Leave It to Beaver Barbara Billingsley as a hatcheck girl; and in amusing cameos, Joe DiMaggio, Ty Cobb, songwriter Harry Ruby, and then Pirates co-owner Bing Crosby. --Donald Liebenson
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - NICE GUYS DO FINISH FIRST!!
'Guffy' McGovern's the roughest guy in baseball and he manages the worst team in baseball, the Pittsburgh Pirates (many actual scenes from the old Forbes Field). When the local paper assigns the Home Economics reporter (Janet Leigh) to cover the Pirates to try and find a different angle since they're losing all the time and nobody is following the team, she confronts McGovern about his attitude and he replies, 'Dogs have fleas, managers have sportswriters'. After being thrown out of a game for the ... Read More
Rating: - Great movie and better than the remake by the same title!
See this original version that is all! DONT MISS IT! You will be sorry! Five stars? NO! Give this one TEN Stars! Paul Douglas is great and funny at its best and the co stars are all great too! What a tremendous find this was for us! And so good for the soul! Get it see it and be happy again!
Rating: - Great!
Angels In The Outfield is one of the more under-rated baseball films, and most people think of the later remake rather than this gem from 1950. Gruff character actor Paul Douglas plays the manager of the hapless Pittsburgh Pirates(not far off the mark), with a young Janet Leigh as a journalist covering the team. Cameos from Bing Crosby, Joe DiMaggio & others make this a worthwhile addition to your baseball film library.
Rating: - Angels in the Outfield
Fun movie with a heart. Brings back the days of old time baseball.
Rating: - Champion Movie
To someone not in the least bit sports minded and with no idea at all of the rules of baseball, this was a super lighthearted and entertaining film with plenty of the "feel good" factor. Sentimental yes, but never dissolving into "mush". The faultless portrayal by the wonderful Paul Douglas of Guffie McGovern, the foul mouthed and permanently frustrated coach of the hapless Pittsburgh Pirates, who suddenly hears angel voices, apparently despatched to him on the prayers of a small orphan girl, is ... Read More
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