Charming comedy about the Pittsburgh Pirates, a last-place baseball team led by cantankerous manager Paul Douglas, who mount a comeback with help from an angel (voiced by James Whitmore). The heavenly intervention comes with a price, however: the angel and his friends will continue to cheat for the Pirates so long as Douglas can control his temper and foul language.
A very cute movie that's fun for the whole family and should leave a smile on the face of all but the grouchiest of us. Paul Douglas plays the kind of role he was perfectly suited for. Janet Leigh is enjoyable as the lady reporter who takes a personal interest in Douglas. While I enjoyed the two of them separately, I have to say their romance is a little hard to swallow given the twenty year age difference. Good support from Keenan Wynn, Marvin Kaplan, Bruce Bennett, and Spring Byington. Donna Corcoran is fun as the orphan girl who prays for the Pirates to get some help. This is a fun movie from MGM with a Disney feel, which may explain why Disney chose to remake it in the '90s. Oh, and this is another movie that falls in the category of "heavenly beings commit crimes (and sins) to help individual humans out" movies. The most shocking of which that I've seen was Heaven Only Knows, a western in which God helps Brian Donlevy kill a guy.
A very cute movie that's fun for the whole family and should leave a smile on the face of all but the grouchiest of us. Paul Douglas plays the kind of role he was perfectly suited for. Janet Leigh is enjoyable as the lady reporter who takes a personal interest in Douglas. While I enjoyed the two of them separately, I have to say their romance is a little hard to swallow given the twenty year age difference. Good support from Keenan Wynn, Marvin Kaplan, Bruce Bennett, and Spring Byington. Donna Corcoran is fun as the orphan girl who prays for the Pirates to get some help. This is a fun movie from MGM with a Disney feel, which may explain why Disney chose to remake it in the '90s. Oh, and this is another movie that falls in the category of "heavenly beings commit crimes (and sins) to help individual humans out" movies. The most shocking of which that I've seen was Heaven Only Knows, a western in which God helps Brian Donlevy kill a guy.