Main Cast: Michael O'Keefe, Rebecca De Mornay, Martin Ritt, Randy Quaid, Cleavant Derricks
Release Year: 1985
Country: US
Run Time: 103 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
This routine film should have been called the "rock singer's husband" because it is about the life of a baseball player affected by his love for a singer. Darryl Palmer (Michael O'Keefe) plays for the Atlanta Braves, and when he walks into a nightclub and sees an attractive woman singing (Rebecca DeMornay), he pulls up to home plate and is anxious to meet her. From then on, his persistence in courting her is unstoppable in spite of several unhappy setbacks, and finally their romance makes it to first base when she realizes she loves him too, and they are married. From that point onward, his career starts to soar, while her career begins to slide in the opposite direction. In fact, she has given up her job to go live with him on his home turf, and the sacrifice, in the end, proves to be too much. A separation is inevitable, and while he still has his teammates (Randy Quaid, Cleavant Derricks), he would rather have his wife back. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Lisa Langlois - Aline Cooper; Loudon Wainwright III - Gary; Dan Biggers - Preacher; Dennis Burkley - Chuck; Marc Clement - Mr. Davis; Georgann Johnson - Marie De Vito; René Lefèvre; Wallace Merck - Fan in Limelight; Anthony Peck - Reporter; Richard Alan Reiner - Patron at Zelda's; Lynn Whitfield - Tina Alvarado; Mort Schwartz - Man; Alisha Das - Lola; John Lawhorn - Coach Reckon; Kevin James Barnes - Public Address; John W. Bradley - Himself; Skip Caray - Sportscaster; Nick Charles - Sportscaster; Edwin H. Cipot - Cuneo; Steve Daniels, Jr. - Umpire; Charles Darden - Reporter; Collin Fagan - Umpire; Mark Fidrych - Baseball Player; Bill G. Fite - Catcher; Phillipe Fontanelli - Waiter; Al Garrison - Guard; Martha Harrison - Baseball Wife; Alex Hawkins - Hawkins; Nicandra Hood - Nurse; Al Hrobosky - Baseball Player; Ernie Johnson - Baseball Narrator; Julie Kemp - Paloma; Tina Kincaid - Baseball Wife; George Jack Klarman - Umpire; Kay McClelland - Peggy; Corey B. McPherrin - Reporter; Valerie Mitchell - Waitress at Limelight; Douglas Garland Nave - Catcher; Brad Nessler - Reporter; Jerome Olds - Musician; David M. Pallone - Umpire; Becky Pate - Baseball Wife; Chico Renfroe - Reporter; Henry J. Rountree - Umpire; Paul S. Ryden - Reporter; John Buren Solberg - Reporter; John B. Sterling - Himself; Stephen H. Stier - Varsity Patron; George Stokes - Stage Manager; Ginger Taylor - Sherry; Justine Thielemann - Mrs. Granger; Danny Tucker - Coach O'Brien; Pete Van Wieren - Baseball Narrator; Harmon L. Wages - Interviewer; Erby Walker - Waiter; Johnny B. Watson, Jr. - Gateman; David R. Yood - Cop in Varsity
Credit
Rick Carter - Art Director, Darryl Athons - Costume Designer, Shiela Haynes - Costume Designer, Ann Roth - Costume Designer, Mort Schwartz - Costume Designer, Hal Ashby - Director, Don Brochu - Editor, George C. Villasenor - Editor, Patrick Williams - Composer (Music Score), Glen Ballard - Songwriter, Quincy Jones - Songwriter, Cliff Magness - Songwriter, Carole Bayer Sager - Songwriter, Lee C. Harman - Makeup, Barbara Maggi - Makeup, Jerry A. Baerwitz - Production Designer, J. Michael Riva - Production Designer, Caleb Deschanel - Cinematographer, Margaret Booth - Producer, Raymond Stark - Producer, Ginny Weintraub - Set Designer, Neil Simon - Screenwriter
