Death on the Diamond

Death on the Diamond
Death on the Diamond
Directed by	Edward Sedgwick
Written by	Cortland Fitzsimmons (novel); Harvey F. Thew; Joseph Sherman; Ralph Spence
Produced by	Lucien Hubbard
Starring	Robert Young; Madge Evans
Cinematography	Milton Krasner
Edited by	Frank Sullivan
Music by	William Axt
Production; company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	September 14, 1934;
Running time	69–72 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Death on the Diamond is a 1934 comedy-mystery film starring Robert Young. It was based on the novel Death on the Diamond: A Baseball Mystery Story by Cortland Fitzsimmons, directed by Edward Sedgwick and produced and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Plot

Unless his team can win the pennant, owner Pop Clark will lose his baseball team, the St. Louis Cardinals. He gets Larry Kelly in order to try and seal the deal. However, rival teams and mobsters are trying to stop his team from winning the pennant race, with some of his star players getting killed on and off the field.

Cast

Robert Young as Larry Kelly
Madge Evans as Frances Clark
Nat Pendleton as Larry "Truck" Hogan
Ted Healy as Terry "Crawfish" O'Toole
C. Henry Gordon as Joseph Karnes
Paul Kelly as Jimmie Downey
David Landau as Pop Clark
DeWitt Jennings as Mr. Patterson
Edward Brophy as Police Sgt. Grogan
Willard Robertson as Police Lt. Luke Cato
Mickey Rooney as Mickey
Robert Livingston as Frank "Higgie" Higgins
Joe Sawyer as Duncan "Dunk" Spencer (as Joe Sauers)

Production

Appearing uncredited in the film were a number of ex-Major Leaguers, including Bob and Irish Meusel, Ping Bodie, Ivan Olson and Pat Flaherty, plus one player who was still very much active, slugger Wally "Red" Berger.^[1]