A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1978)

ALL 01/15/1978 (en) Drama, TV Movie 96 Min
  • Release
    01/15/1978
  • Production
    NBC, Charles Fries Productions, Stonehenge Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    90%
  • Original title
    A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Legendary ballplayer and humanitarian Lou Gehrig and his relationship with his stalwart wife, Eleanor, are portrayed in this film that focuses on the Hall of Famer's life off the baseball field. Featuring unflinching looks at the Gehrigs' relationship, as well as Lou's feud with Babe Ruth. This film is for anyone interested in baseball. [imdb]

  1. Fielder Cook

    Director

  2. Story

  3. David Manson

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Blythe Danner

    Eleanor Gehrig

  2. Edward Herrmann

    Lou Gehrig

  3. Gerald S. O'Loughlin

    Joe McCarthy

  4. Ramon Bieri

    Babe Ruth

  5. Jane Wyatt

    Eleanor's Mother

  6. Patricia Neal

    Mrs. Gehrig

  7. Georgia Engel

    Claire Ruth

  8. Michael Lerner

    Dr. Canlan

  9. David Ogden Stiers

    Dr. Charles Mayo

  10. Gail Strickland

    Dorothy

  11. Valerie Curtin

    Kitty McHie

  12. Jennifer Penney

    Jennifer

  13. Lainie Kazan

    Sophie Tucker

  14. James Luisi

    Tony Lazzeri

  15. Joe E. Tata

    Lefty Gomez

  16. William Wellman Jr.

    Bill Dickey

  17. Charles H. Gray

    Kenderly

  18. Frederic Downs

    Papa Gehrig

  19. James Greene

    John Kieran

  20. Robert Burr

    Joe Durso

  21. Wynn Irwin

    Ed Barrow

  22. Scott Mulhern

    Bud

  23. Norman Bartold

    Harry Grabiner

  24. George A. Cooper

    Mr. Twitchell

  25. Ellen Blake

    Nurse #1

  26. Jan Jorden

    Fanny Barrow

  27. Jonathan Sagall

    Draftsman

  28. Michael Yama

    Purser

  29. Milton Parsons

    Driver

  30. Victoria Carver

    Nurse #2

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 30 , Crews : 12

Keyword

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1978) 96 Min

ALL 01/15/1978 (en)
Drama, TV Movie
  • Release 01/15/1978
  • Production
    NBC, Charles Fries Productions, Stonehenge Productions
  • Original title A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Legendary ballplayer and humanitarian Lou Gehrig and his relationship with his stalwart wife, Eleanor, are portrayed in this film that focuses on the Hall of Famer's life off the baseball field. Featuring unflinching looks at the Gehrigs' relationship, as well as Lou's feud with Babe Ruth. This film is for anyone interested in baseball. [imdb]

  1. Fielder Cook

    Director

  2. Story

  3. David Newhouse

    Editor

  4. David Manson

    Producer