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A frustrated fan of the hopeless Washington Senators makes a pact with the Devil to help the baseball team win the league pennant.A frustrated fan of the hopeless Washington Senators makes a pact with the Devil to help the baseball team win the league pennant.A frustrated fan of the hopeless Washington Senators makes a pact with the Devil to help the baseball team win the league pennant.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 8 nominations total
Roy Sievers
- Joe Hardy - #2 - Washington Senators
- (archive footage)
William Adams
- Yankees Team Owner
- (uncredited)
Phil Arnold
- Newsstand Proprietor
- (uncredited)
Robert Banas
- Baseball Player
- (uncredited)
Benjie Bancroft
- Trial Spectator
- (uncredited)
John Barton
- Baseball Game Spectator
- (uncredited)
Yogi Berra
- Self - New York Yankee
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaGwen Verdon's dance partner in "Who's Got the Pain?" is Bob Fosse, who was restaging his stage choreography for the film, and took the opportunity to step into the number, which became a rare and treasured opportunity for Broadway fans to see the artist and his muse perform together. Verdon and Fosse married in 1960.
- GoofsAfter the dance scene (The Mambo) with Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon , as they walk offstage, Joe says "Good job, Bobby" almost inaudibly.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Diamonds on the Silver Screen (1992)
- SoundtracksSix Months Out of Every Year
Music by Richard Adler
Lyrics by Jerry Ross
Performed by Shannon Bolin, Robert Shafer, and chorus
Featured review
Who's Got The Pain?... Certainly not me after watching this!
I bought this movie not knowing what to expect. The only things I knew were that I LOVED Bob Fosse's choreography from films I had seen previously (Sweet Charity, Cabaret) and I loved to hear Gwen Verdon sing (Sweet Charity soundtrack). This movie was in no way, shape or form a waste of my 14 dollars and 99 cents! Ray Walston (reprising his Broadway role) is delightfully evil as the Devil himself (cleverly disgusing himself as a "Mr. Applegate") who has a warped mind and twisted sense of humor, which is evident in his song "The Good Ol' Days." Tab Hunter is superb as Joe Hardy (or "Shoeless Joe From Hannibal Mo."), the man who sells his soul to become the best long hitter there is, and help his favorite team, the Washington Senators, win the pennant and beating the "damn Yankees." To me, the real star here though, is Gwen Verdon as the seductress, Lola. Not only can this woman act wonderfully, but she has a beautiful singing voice (with a throaty, grainy yet girlish quality) and she is an absolutely FANTASTIC dancer (she's the living embodiment of Fosse's work)! She is the most wonderful dancer/singer/actress ever to grace the Broadway stage and films... it's such a shame they didn't let her play Charity in 1969's Sweet Charity (though Shirley MacLaine did do a good job in the role). She has absolutely become my hero, role model, and favorite actress of all time. Go Gwen! Go Damn Yankees!
- Sweet Charity
- Apr 16, 2001
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- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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