What's this Williams.

Description: A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.

Cast:
Dickie Kerr: Jace Alexander
Buck Weaver: John Cusack
Ray Schalk: Gordon Clapp
Swede Risberg: Don Harvey
Eddie Collins: Bill Irwin
Fred McMullin: Perry Lang
Kid Gleason: John Mahoney
Lefty Williams: James Read
Chick Gandil: Michael Rooker
Hap Felsch: Charlie Sheen
Eddie Cicotte: David Strathairn
'Shoeless' Joe Jackson: D.B. Sweeney
Smitty: James Desmond
Ring Lardner: John Sayles
Hugh Fullerton: Studs Terkel
Billy Maharg: Richard Edson
Arnold Rothstein: Michael Lerner
Bill Burns: Christopher Lloyd
Abe Attell: Michael Mantell
Sport Sullivan: Kevin Tighe
Heydler: Eliot Asinof
Ban Johnson: Clyde Bassett
Charles Comiskey: Clifton James
Rothstein's Lawyer: John D. Craig
Austrian: Michael Laskin
Ahearn: Randle Mell
D.A.: Robert Motz
Ben Short: Bill Raymond
Helen Weaver: Barbara Garrick
Kate Jackson: Wendy Makkena
Rose Cicotte: Maggie Renzi
Lyria Williams: Nancy Travis
Peewee: Brad Garrett
Bucky: Tay Strathairn
Scooter: Jesse Vincent
Fan: Bert Hatch
Writer: Michael L. Harris
Heckler: Ken Berry
Enemy Fan: David Rice
Browns Umpire: Tom Marshall
Grabiner: Jack Merrill
Winslow: Josh Thompson
Singer: Leigh 'Little Queenie' Harris
Woman in Bar: Dana Roi
Jimmy: Philip Murphy
Monk: Stephen Mendillo
Reds Player: Aaron Weiler
Reds Catcher: Charles Siebert
Cincinnati Umpire: Jim Martindale
Chicago Umpire: Bill Jennings
Announcer: David Hinman
Hired Killer: Danton Stone
Irish Tenor: Patrick Grant
Betting Man: Tim Laughter
Attendant: Brad Armacost
Reporter: Wayne Pyle
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis: John Anderson
Judge Friend: Dick Cusack
Clerk: Eaton Randles
Nash: Max Chiddester
Jury Foreman: Rich Komenich
New Jersey Fan: Michael B. Preston
Newspaper Reporter: John E. Blazier
Ball Park usher: Luther Creek
Scoreboard Kid: Andy Dominianni
Cincinnati Reds Reporter: Timothy Skyler Dunigan
Usher: Sam Gaw
Cheering Fan: Gary Kramer
Umpire: Keith Schrader
Young Baseball Fan: Drew Stewart
Walter 'Dutch' Reuther: Nick Thompson
Concessions Worker: Ryan Weatherford

Written by: Eliot Asinof, John Sayles

Director: John Sayles

Production: Orion Pictures, Sanford/Pillsbury Productions

Release date: 29 Jun 1989

Box Office: $5,680,515