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Talent for the Game is a american film of genre Drama directed by Robert Malcolm Young released in USA on 26 april 1991 with Edward James Olmos
Talent for the Game (1991)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 26 april 1991
Length 1h31
Directed by Robert Malcolm Young
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating60%
Talent for the Game was a 1991 film about a baseball scout, directed by Robert M. Young. It starred Edward James Olmos and Lorraine Bracco, in her first film after Goodfellas, with Terry Kinney, Jamey Sheridan, and Jeff Corbett as co-stars.
Scenes were filmed on the Palouse in the small town Genesee, Idaho, between Lewiston and Moscow, and nearby Garfield, Washington.
After a disappointing debut in a limited number of theaters in Florida, it went quickly to video.
Synopsis
Virgil Sweet (Olmos) is a veteran baseball scout for the California Angels. He is in danger of losing his life's work because the Angels' new owner, Gil Lawrence (Kinney), is unhappy with the farm system and threatening to eliminate the team's scouts.Actors
Edward James Olmos
(Virgil Sweet)
Lorraine Bracco
(Bobbie)
Jamey Sheridan
(Tim Weaver)
Terry Kinney
(Gil Lawrence)
Felton Perry
(Fred)
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