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English. Box office. $1.7 million. The Winning Team is a 1952 American biographical film starring Ronald Reagan and Doris Day, and directed by Lewis Seiler. It is a fictionalized biography of the life of major league pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander .
With Doris Day, Ronald Reagan, Frank Lovejoy, Eve Miller. Nebraska farmboy Grover Cleveland Alexander achieves baseball stardom before war injuries and alcoholism derail his career, but through his wife's faithful efforts he gets a chance for a comeback and redemption.
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- Biography, Drama, Family
- Lewis Seiler
- 1952-12-24
Newly scolded Grover Cleveland Alexander (Ronald Reagan) and betrothed Aimeee (Doris Day) are at a Nebraska hometown travel lecture when recruiter Glasheen (Gordon Jones) drives up, keeping that pesky baseball dream alive, in the Warner Bros.' bio-pic The Winning Team, 1952.
- Lewis Seiler, Emory Hoerger, Russ Saunders
- Doris Day
In 1908 Nebraska, young Grover Cleveland "Alex" Alexander (Ronald Reagan) saves to buy a farm for himself and his fiancée, Aimee (Doris Day), but also longs to realize his dream of playing...
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- Lewis Seiler
- Romance, Biography, Drama
- Doris Day
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Ronald Reagan stars as Grover Cleveland Alexander, a former telephone-company worker whose hobby is pitching baseball. Recruited by the Philadelphia Nationals, Alexander rises to stardom while only losing about 200 games over 20 years.
