Damn Yankees

Washington Senators fan Joe Boyd sells his soul to the devil to become the greatest baseball player ever and to help his favorite team win the pennant.
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  • ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.85:1
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 51 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
  • Released: June 4, 2019
  • Originally Released: 1958
  • Label: Warner Archives

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User Ratings: 2,825
Rating: 3/5 -- hasn't aged very well Full Review
Filmcritic.com
Oct 31, 2004
Rating: B- -- This version of the Broadway hit offers a rare opportunity to see most of the stage performers recreating their roles, plus an early glimpse of the genius of Bob Fosse. Full Review
EmanuelLevy.Com
Apr 28, 2007
Rating: 4/5 -- One of the better big-budget music-fests ... mainly because it has the devil and some baseball in it.
eFilmCritic.com
Apr 3, 2005
Not the equal of Stanley Donen's parallel project, The Pajama Game, but a fine and vigorous film of the Broadway musical nonetheless. Full Review
Chicago Reader
Jan 10, 2004
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. Full Review
Variety
Mar 26, 2009
Miss Verdon has the sort of fine, fresh talent that the screen badly needs these days. Full Review
New York Times
May 20, 2003
Rating: 4/4 -- Terrific, Oscar-nominated score by Jerry Ross and Richard Adler is electric. Full Review
TV Guide
Mar 16, 2011

Description by OLDIES.com:

Aging baseball fan Joe Boyd (Robert Schafer) is given an opportunity to lead his beloved Washington Senators to victory by a devilish gent named Applegate (Ray Walston). Boyd is transformed into handsome young "Shoeless" Joe Hardy (Tab Hunter) from Hannibal, MO. Joe becomes the Senators' star player, but at the price of his immortal soul; he isn't terribly worried, however, since he's built an escape clause into his contract with Applegate. To see that Joe doesn't get a chance to exercise that clause, Applegate sends his luscious assistant Lola (Gwen Verdon) to seduce the ballplayer. This effort doesn't work, but Applegate still manages to cause Joe to lose his chance at salvation. But there is still a ray of hope: if Hardy can win the deciding pennant game, he'll be able to foil Applegate's master plan of causing the Senators to lose. With Lola's aid, Joe gives the devil more than his due.
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  • UPC: 883929690220
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