The Pride of the Yankees (1942)

Billy Keeps His Promise

Lou (Gary Cooper) encounters Billy (David Holt) many years later and he can now walk.

Directed by Sam Wood.

Released in 1942 by MGM.

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  • editors-choice: Tear Jerkers
  • primary-genre: Classics
  • primary-genre: Drama
  • primary-genre: Sports and Fitness
  • secondary-genre: Sports Stories
  • secondary-genre: Sports Dramas
  • secondary-genre: Tearjerkers
  • secondary-genre: Baseball
  • secondary-genre: Classics
  • secondary-genre: Classic Dramas
  • secondary-genre: Biography
  • mood: Emotional
  • primary-occasion: Sports
  • secondary-occasion: Baseball
  • theme: Illness
  • theme: Hope
  • theme: Adversity
  • actor: Teresa Wright
  • actor: David Holt
  • actor: Gary Cooper
  • director: Sam Wood
  • producer: Samuel Goldwyn
  • composer: Leigh Harline
  • production-designer: William Cameron Menzies
  • role-name: Eleanor Twitchell
  • role-name: Billy, at 17
  • role-name: Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
  • screenwriter: Herman J. Mankiewicz
  • screenwriter: Paul Gallico
  • screenwriter: Vincent Lawrence
  • screenwriter: Casey Robinson
  • screenwriter: Jo Swerling
  • screenwriter: Damon Runyon
  • year: 1942
  • studio: MGM