Film

Life's Greatest Game

1924 · 1h 22m · Drama

Jack Donovan, a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, refuses to throw a game for gambler Mike Moran. Moran retaliates by breaking up Donovan's family. Believing that his wife and son died in the sinking of an ocean liner, Donovan stays in baseball and, 20 years later, becomes manager of the New York Giants. What he doesn't know is that his family isn't dead and his son, Jack Jr., is now grown and looking for revenge against his father for what he believes was his abandonment of them.

Tom Santschi

Jack Donovan

Jane Thomas

Mary Donovan

Dick Brandon

Jack Donovan Jr. (age 3)

Johnnie Walker

Jackie Donovan Jr. (age 20)

David Kirby

Mike Moran

Gertrude Olmstead

Nora Malone

• Emory JohnsonDirector · Producer
• Emilie JohnsonWriter

Release date

September 28, 1924

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 22m

Genres

Drama