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Life's Greatest Game

Sep 28, 1924 · 1h 22m
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Drama

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Jack Donovan, a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, refuses to throw a game for gambler Mike Moran. Moran retaliates by breaking up Donovan's family. Believing that his wife and son died in the sinking of an ocean liner, Donovan stays in baseball and, 20 years later, becomes manager of the New York Giants. What he doesn't know is that his family isn't dead and his son, Jack Jr., is now grown and looking for revenge against his father for what he believes was his abandonment of them.

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CAST

Tom Santschi
Jack Donovan
Jane Thomas
Mary Donovan
Dick Brandon
Jack Donovan Jr. (age 3)
Johnnie Walker
Jackie Donovan Jr. (age 20)
David Kirby
Mike Moran
Gertrude Olmstead
Nora Malone
Directed by Emory Johnson

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
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Production
Emory Johnson Productions
Country
US
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