A Winner Never Quits (1986)
1h 45m
Running Time
April 13, 1986Release Date
A Winner Never Quits (1986)
1h 45m
Running Time
April 13, 1986Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Raised in a poor Pennsylvania mining town by his immigrant parents, Pete Grey lost his right arm while still a young boy. But through the encouragement of his father and the constant coaching of his older brother, Pete never gives up on his dream of playing professional baseball. Driven by anger, he finally makes it to the big leagues. But it isn't until he agrees to meet a handicapped youngster who idolizes him that Pete finally becomes a genuine American hero.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Keith Carradine
Pete Gray
Mare Winningham
Annie
G.W. Bailey
Tatum
Dennis Weaver
Mr. Wyshner
Charles Hallahan
Nelson Gary Sr.
Fionnula Flanagan
Antoniette Wyshner
Mel Damski
Director
Jack Kehoe
Bloom
Burt Prelutsky
Writer
James Keach
Producer
Huckleberry Fox
Nelson Gary Jr.
Mary Jo Deschanel
Mrs. Gary
Lynn Raynor
Producer
Dana Kaproff
Composer
Ed O'Neill
Whitey Wyshner
Joseph F. Biroc
Cinematographer
Dana Delany
Nora
Steve Rees
Young Pete Grey
David Haid
Henderson
Brad Sullivan
Taylor
Peter Hobbs
McGregor
J.J. Johnston
Trainer
Art LaFleur
John Stewart
Macon McCalman
Dr. Wilson
Tom Turbiville
Man #1
Jimmy Boyd
Man #2
Andrew Lubeskie
Young Whitey
John Hostetter
Sergeant
James Troesh
Nolan
Regi Green
Veteran
Lulu Downs
Josie
Ted Henning
Brock
Philip L. Stone
Announcer (voice)
Robert Green Benson III
Shortstop - Child
Patrick Beall
Catcher - Child
Bryan Coley
Captain #1 & #2
Jamey Lee Moore
Man #3
Jim Morgan
Hatfield
Mike Quarry
Kid Falco
Charles Joseph Fick
2nd Baseman
Walter Robles
Masher
Al Silvani
Referee
Ralph Gerling
Camera Operator
Ernie Bishop
Set Decoration
Paul Peters
Production Design
Judith Weiner
Casting
Michael A. Stevenson
Editor
Daniel H. Blatt
Executive Producer
Robert Singer
Executive Producer
Ross Bellah
Art Direction
Audrey A. Blasdel
Set Decoration
Jean Austin
Hairstylist
Frank Pace
Associate Producer
Wayne Artman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Grady Hunt
Costume Designer
Leo Lotito Jr.
Makeup Supervisor
Tom E. Dahl
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tom Beckert
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mike Moschella
Makeup Artist
Richard Raguse
Sound Mixer
Tracy Farrington
Property Master
Hope R. Goodwin
Second Assistant Director
Ed Sunley
Wardrobe Supervisor
Nick Smirnoff
First Assistant Director
Bill Carroll
Unit Production Manager
Jered Green
Wardrobe Supervisor
Pixie Lamppu
Associate Producer
Lucille Cusolito
Wardrobe Supervisor
Nancy Green
Script Supervisor
Dennis E. Lew
Associate Editor
Details.
Wiki.
A Winner Never Quits is a 1986 television film based on the true story of baseball player Pete Gray, the first one-armed man ever to play major league baseball, hired in 1943 as a "freak attraction" and wartime morale-booster by the Memphis Chicks, Class-A minor league ball club.
Though a success, Gray maintains a tough, defensive veneer, which is softened only by the love of his life Annie and the adulation of baseball fan Nelson Gary Jr., who has also lost an arm (and who would, in real life, become a top minor-league ballplayer himself). With the war depleting big-league baseball's manpower in 1945, Pete Gray finally achieves his goal of entering the Majors when he is hired by the St. Louis Browns.