Movies: Leroy 'Satchel' Paige

  • 1959
    The Wonderful Country

    The Wonderful Country (1959)

    The Wonderful Country

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    Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his Mexican boss, strongman Governor Cipriano Castro. Brady breaks a leg and while recuperating in Texas th...

    The Wonderful Country
  • 1949
    The Kid from Cleveland

    The Kid from Cleveland (1949)

    The Kid from Cleveland

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    Johnny Barrows, a young man heading toward a life of juvenile delinquency as his home life spirals out of control, sneaks into the 1948 World Series and seeks friendship by playing a sympathetic orphan. He finds stability and mentorship in sportscast...

    The Kid from Cleveland
  • 1981
    Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy

    Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1981)

    Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

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    The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the 1920s, hoping to break into organized "negro" baseball, to his emergence at age 43 in the major leagues with the Cleveland Indians the year after Jackie Robi...

    Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy
  • 1981
    There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues

    There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues (1981)

    There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues

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    Chronicles the history of Negro Leagues baseball by using rare historical footage and interviews with black baseball greats....

    There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
  • 2009
    Pitching Man: Satchel Paige Defying Time

    Pitching Man: Satchel Paige Defying Time (2009)

    Pitching Man: Satchel Paige Defying Time

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    Celebrate the life of baseball’s most enduring legend; Satchel Paige was the single most important player in the old Negro Baseball Leagues...

    Pitching Man: Satchel Paige Defying Time