BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY

Details

• Release Year: 1973
• Genre: Action, Sports
• Plot: 'The ultimate baseball movie' -Roger Ebert's Movie Home Companion; ; Robert DeNiro and Michael Moriarty star in this superbly crafted film about the unlikely friendship between two baseball players. Moriarty plays the team's ace pitcher and social charmer; De Niro is the catcher, a farm boy from Georgia who lacks all of Moriarty's sophistication. He is also dying. During their last season together, the two men grow in manhood and respect for themselves and each other.
• Cast: Michael Moriarty, Robert de Niro, Vincent Gardenia, Phil Foster, Ann Wedgeworth, Patrick McVey, Heather MacRae, Selma Diamond, Barbara Babcock, Maurice Rosenfield, Tom Ligon, Andy Jarrell, Marshall Efron, Danny Burks, Tom Signorelli, James Donahue, Hector Elias, Nicolas Surovy, Danny Aiello, Hector Troy, Tony Major, Barton Heyman, Jack Hollander, Lou Girolami, Ernesto Gonzalez, Alan Manson, Arnold Kapnick, Jean David, Herb Henry, Beatrice Manley, Dorothy Neubert, Dell Bethel, Vince Camuto, Jeff Sartorius, Willie Lemmey, Doug Major, Forrest Wynne, Frederic C. Weiler, John D. Hancock, Mark Harris
• Director: John D. Hancock
• Runtime: 1:37
• Company: Paramount Pictures
• Media Format: Movie