
Damn Yankees
by Tab Hunter (Joe Hardy),
Gwen Verdon (Lola),
Ray Walston (Mr. Applegate),
Russ Brown (Benny Van Buren),
Shannon Bolin (Mrs. Meg Boyd),
Nathaniel Frey (Smokey),
Jimmie Komack (Rocky),
Rae Allen (Gloria Thorpe),
Robert Shafer (Joe Boyd),
Jean Stapleton (Sister Miller),
Albert Linville (Vernon),
Bob Fosse (Mambo Dancer),
Elizabeth Howell (Doris),
Phil Arnold (Actor),
Bob Fosse (Choreographer),
George Abbott (Director,Producer,Screenwriter),
George Abbott (Director,Screenwriter),
Frank Bracht (Editor),
Stanley Donen (Producer,Director),
Stanley Donen (Director),
William Eckart (Production Designer,Production Designer),
Pat Ferrier (Choreographer),
Stanley Fleischer (Art Director),
Harold Lipstein (Cinematographer),
Richard Adler (Composer),
Richard Adler (Composer),
Jerry Ross (Composer)
Jerry Ross (Composer)
Format: DVD
ISBN: 883929690220
Publication Date: 06/04/2019
Damn Yankees is a frothy, faithful adaptation of the 1956 Broadway hit. In an amusing slant on the "Faust" legend, aging baseball fan Joe Boyd (Robert Schafer) is given an opportunity to lead his beloved Washington Senators to victory by a devilish gent named Applegate (Ray Walston). Boyd is transformed into handsome young "Shoeless" Joe Hardy from Hannibal, Mo. (and in the process, the part is taken over by Tab Hunter, who's better than everyone said he was back in 1958). Joe becomes the Senators' star player, but at the price of his immortal soul; he isn't terribly worried, however, since he's built an escape clause into his contract with Applegate. To see that Joe doesn't get a chance to exercise that clause, Applegate sends his luscious assistant Lola (Gwen Verdon) to seduce the ballplayer. This effort doesn't work, but Applegate still manages to cause Joe to lose his chance at salvation. But there is still a ray of hope--if Hardy can win the deciding pennant game, he'll be able to foil Applegate's master plan of causing the Senators to lose. With Lola's aid, Joe gives the devil more than his due. The principal selling angle of Damn Yankees, beyond the presence of Gwen Verdon and Ray Walston delightfully recreating their stage roles, are the wonderful Richard Adler/Jerry Ross songs, including "You've Gotta Have Heart" and "What Lola Wants, Lola Gets." Based on the novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant, the film (like the play before it) unfortunately throws away Wallop's wryly ironic climax; as a result, the last scenes appear rushed and haphazard. But why quibble? Damn Yankees is and always was a rock-solid piece of entertainment, as proven by its recent S.R.O. Broadway revival.
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