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Pitcher and the Pin-Up is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 1 january 2003 with Paul Kent
Pitcher and the Pin-Up (2003)
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Add to a movie listThe Road Home, also known as Pitcher and the Pin-Up, is a 2003 American drama film directed by Drew Johnson.
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The Road Home (A.K.A. "Pitcher and the Pin-Up") is the story of childhood friends Danny (Drew Johnson) and Missy (Corinna Harney). Danny has dreams of making it in Major League Baseball while Missy doesn't really dream of anything except happiness. Danny rescues her from her abusive father (John Saxon) in High School and the two become inseparable. Inseparable, that is, until life comes between them.Actors
Paul Kent
(Coach Dale)
John Saxon
(Michael Curtis)
Stephen Bishop
(Tyrell Hunt)
Bo Hopkins
(Coach Stangel)
Wilford Brimley
(Coach Weaver)
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