Fresh
The Damn Yankees team, which ran the score high for three seasons in Broadway's legit ballpark, was reassembled to go to bat in this sparkling film version.
Variety Staff, Variety
Damn Yankees
It's a picture in a million! Starring that girl in a million, the red-headed darling of the Broadway show, Gwen Verdon!
1958 · 1h 51m · APPROVED
Comedy, Music
Directed by
George Abbott
,
Stanley Donen
Overview
Film adaptation of the George Abbott Broadway musical about a Washington Senators fan who makes a pact with the Devil to help his baseball team win the league pennant.
Director and cast
- George Abbott Director
- Stanley Donen Director
- Tab Hunter as Joe Hardy
- Gwen Verdon as Lola
- Ray Walston as Mr. Applegate
- Russ Brown as Benny Van Buren
- Shannon Bolin as Mrs. Meg Boyd
- Nathaniel Frey as Smokey
- James Komack as Rocky
- Rae Allen as Gloria Thorpe
- Robert Shafer as Joe Boyd
- Jean Stapleton as Sister Miller
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
76%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A musical lumbered with too much plot.
Tom Milne, Time Out
Fresh
Not the equal of Stanley Donen's parallel project, The Pajama Game, but a fine and vigorous film of the Broadway musical nonetheless.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Miss Verdon has the sort of fine, fresh talent that the screen badly needs these days.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
As a cinemusical, Yankees manages to steal home by a wide margin.
TIME Magazine
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