Baseball team (the Cleveland Indians) helps a troubled teenaged fan.Baseball team (the Cleveland Indians) helps a troubled teenaged fan.Baseball team (the Cleveland Indians) helps a troubled teenaged fan.
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Russ Tamblyn
- Johnny Barrows
- (as Rusty Tamblyn)
Leroy 'Satchel' Paige
- 'Satchel' Paige - Cleveland Indians Player Pitcher
- (as Satchell Paige)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe scenes depicting the main characters in Arizona at an outdoor barbecue were actually filmed at a mansion in Cleveland. The home was owned by the Erdman family and was located around the 1900 block of E. 87th St. Other scenes shot in Cleveland were at the following locations: Detention Home, Edgewater Park, The Flats, The Art Museum, The Cleveland Playhouse and of course, Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
- Crazy creditsIntroducing Rusty Tamblyn as Johnny Barrows and his 30 godfathers.
Featured review
Russ Tamblyn is fine in his first starring role...
... as a troubled teen baseball fan who hates his stepfather (Louis Jean Heydt), sneaks into the baseball stadium and claims he's an orphan, befriending the Cleveland Indians sportscaster (George Brent) and the whole team (playing themselves) but still getting in trouble with the law because of his home life and hanging around with a local hoodlum. The kindly sportscaster had been an orphan himself so he takes the boy under his wing and tries to find a way to reform him and keep him off the streets, and even convinces his wife (Lynn Bari) they should adopt him.
Of course, various complications intervene so we can have a wholesome portrait of the juvenile justice system bringing families together. The scenes using actual newsreel footage from the 1948 World Series are obviously grainier, but the newly shot 1949 baseball footage is all pristine in the copy I saw. The story is pretty much standard formula with little in the way of surprise twists, but it's all nicely done, beautifully shot (again with several noir-like sequences), and certainly a must for baseball fans and fans of delinquent-teen dramas.
Of course, various complications intervene so we can have a wholesome portrait of the juvenile justice system bringing families together. The scenes using actual newsreel footage from the 1948 World Series are obviously grainier, but the newly shot 1949 baseball footage is all pristine in the copy I saw. The story is pretty much standard formula with little in the way of surprise twists, but it's all nicely done, beautifully shot (again with several noir-like sequences), and certainly a must for baseball fans and fans of delinquent-teen dramas.
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- AlsExGal
- Dec 23, 2023
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- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was The Kid from Cleveland (1949) officially released in India in English?
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