It Happened in Flatbush is a 1942 American sports film directed by Ray McCarey and starring Lloyd Nolan, Carole Landis and Sara Allgood.[1] The film is a baseball comedy inspired by the 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers' pennant win.
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Directed by | Ray McCarey |
Written by | Harold Buchman Lee Loeb |
Produced by | Walter Morosco |
Starring | Lloyd Nolan Carole Landis Sara Allgood |
Cinematography | Charles G. Clarke |
Edited by | J. Watson Webb Jr. |
Music by | David Buttolph Cyril J. Mockridge |
Production company | 20th Century Fox |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date | May 28, 1942 |
Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
This film's sets were designed by Lewis Creber and Richard Day.
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Frank Maguire (Lloyd Nolan) is an ace ballplayer whose error costs the Brooklyn team the pennant and his place in the lineup. Though still reviled by the fans, seven years later the team owner brings him back as its manager. He takes charge of the team and whips them into contention. The players resent Maguire's drill-sergeant tactics, and when Maguire falls in love with the pretty, new owner of the team Kathryn Baker (Carole Landis), the players use this as an excuse to circulate a petition demanding Maguire's ouster. The manager changes their minds with a speech about how they owe the fans their best effort and leads his team to a league pennant.[2]
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