John B. "Hans" Lobert
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Big Leaguer is a 1953 American sports drama film starring Edward G. Robinson and was the first film directed by Robert Aldrich. Although this story is fiction, Robinson's character in it, Hans Lobert, was an actual baseball player who played for five Major League Baseball teams and managed the Philadelphia Phillies.
Big Leaguer: Directed by Robert Aldrich. With Edward G. Robinson, Vera-Ellen, Jeff Richards, Richard Jaeckel. John Lobert runs a training camp in Florida for the New York Giants. Every year, he evaluates the hopefuls to pick the best for a minor league contract.
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- Drama, Family, Sport
- Robert Aldrich
- 1953-08-19
John Lobert runs a training camp in Florida for the New York Giants. Every year, he evaluates the hopefuls to pick the best for a minor league contract. They all have dreams and talent, but the elimination whittles them down to a lucky few who'll get the $150 a month contract.
Aug 15, 2016 · Robert Aldrich directs 1953’s Big Leaguer. The film’s screenplay was written by Herbert Baker from a story by John McNulty and Louis Morheim. Big Leaguer opens with an introduction from a newspaperman who says the story being told here would never make the front page, but is still an important story to tell. This statement speaks well to ...
More of a magazine article than a feature film, The Big Leaguer explores the world of 1950’s major league baseball recruitment. Edward G. Robinson, here in full “uncle” mode, runs a Florida camp where he tries out hopefuls for the New York Giants.
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- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Robert Aldrich
Big Leaguer is a 1953 film. It starred Edward G. Robinson and was the first film directed by Robert Aldrich. Although this story is fiction, Robinson's character in it, Hans Lobert, was an actual baseball player who played for five Major League Baseball teams and managed the Philadelphia Phillies.
Big Leaguer - (Original Trailer) Edward G. Robinson plays an aging ballplayer turned manager in Robert Aldrich's first movie Big Leaguer (1953).
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