Death on the Diamond
Death on the Diamond is a 1934 comedy-mystery film starring Robert Young. It was based on the novel Death on the Diamond: A Baseball Mystery Story by Cortland Fitzsimmons, directed by Edward Sedgwick and produced and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Plot
Unless his team can win the pennant, owner Pop Clark will lose his baseball team, the St. Louis Cardinals. He gets Larry Kelly in order to try and seal the deal. However, rival teams and mobsters are trying to stop his team from winning the pennant race, with some of his star players getting killed on and off the field.
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author | Cortland Fitzsimmons Harvey F. Thew Ralph Spence |
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director | Edward Sedgwick |
editor | Frank Sullivan |
events | baseball |
genre | comedy crime mystery |
keywords | baseball team kill pennant race st. louis cardinals win |
musicBy | William Axt |
producer | Lucien Hubbard |
productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
theme | sports |