The Pride of the Yankees (1942)

19422h 09mdir. Sam WoodUnited Statesdrama filmbiographical film

With Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Walter Brennan, Babe Ruth, Dan Duryea, Ludwig Stössel, Bill Dickey, Ernie Adams

Directed by Sam Wood

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The Pride of the Yankees is a 1942 American sports drama film produced by Samuel Goldwyn, directed by Sam Wood, and starring Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, and Walter Brennan. It is a tribute to the legendary New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig, who died a year before its release, at age 37, from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which later became known to the lay public as "Lou Gehrig's disease".

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