---
title: 'Eight Men Out (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Sayles'
released: '1988-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 114
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/eight-men-out-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095082/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Eight Men Out (1988)

1988 · 114 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Eight Men Out is a 1988 American period sports drama film based on Eliot Asinof's 1963 book Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series. It was written and directed by John Sayles. The film is a dramatization of Major League Baseball's Black Sox Scandal in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox conspired with gamblers to lose the 1919 World Series. Most of the movie was filmed at Bush Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Sayles](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-sayles)
- **Screenplay:** [John Sayles](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-sayles)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mason Daring](https://cinepixo.com/people/mason-daring)
- **Producer:** [Sarah Pillsbury](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-pillsbury)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-richardson)
- **Editor:** [John Tintori](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-tintori)

## Cast

- [John Mahoney](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mahoney)
- [Richard Edson](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-edson)
- [Bill Irwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-irwin)
- [John Cusack](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-cusack)
- [Michael Rooker](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-rooker)
- [Studs Terkel](https://cinepixo.com/people/studs-terkel)
- [John Sayles](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-sayles)
- [Charlie Sheen](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlie-sheen)
- [Michael Mantell](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-mantell)
- [James Read](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-read)
- [Donald Patrick Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-patrick-harvey)
- [Bill Raymond](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-raymond)
- [Jace Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/people/jace-alexander)
- [Christopher Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-lloyd)
- [D. B. Sweeney](https://cinepixo.com/people/d-b-sweeney)

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