The unstable Harriet Bird shoots teenage baseball prodigy Roy Hobbs on his way to a tryout with the Chicago Cubs. Hobbs makes a comeback to professional baseball after 16 years as a rookie for the last - place New York Knights. Despite early disagreements with his manager Pop Fisher, Hobbs develops into one of the league's top players and the Knights begin to prosper. However, this irritates their owner, Judge, who prefers for Hobbs to lose games rather than win.
Cast - Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Barbara Hershey, Robert Prosky, Richard Farnsworth
Director - Barry Levinson
Genre - Drama, Sport
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