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Reviews 60% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings One-armed outfielder Pete Gray (Keith Carradine) makes it to the major-league St. Louis Browns in the 1940s. Read More Read Less
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- Mel Damski
- PG
- Keith Carradine
Popular reviews. ★★★★½. Recent reviews. Raised in a poor Pennsylvania mining town by his immigrant parents, Pete Grey lost his right arm while still a young boy. But through the encouragement of his father and the constant coaching of his older brother, Pete never gives up on his dream of playing professional baseball.
- Mel Damski
- Columbia Pictures Television
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Synopsis. Fact-based story of a young boy who lost his right arm in a childhood accident, but went on to fulfill his dreams of playing major-league baseball. Pete Gray had to overcome the early ...
Apr 14, 1986 · A Winner Never Quits: Directed by Mel Damski. With Keith Carradine, Mare Winningham, G.W. Bailey, Charles Hallahan. Fact-based story of a young boy who lost his right arm in a childhood accident, but went on to fulfill his dreams of playing major-league baseball.
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- Biography, Drama, Family
- Mel Damski
- 1986-04-14
A Winner Never Quits is a 1986 television film based on the true story of baseball player Pete Gray, the first one-armed man ever to play major league baseball, hired in 1943 as a "freak attraction" and wartime morale-booster by the Memphis Chicks, Class-A minor league ball club.
A Winner Never Quits (1986 TV Movie) User Reviews. Review this title. 2 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: Good family fare. ponger 3 January 2000. This movies is based on a true story. Pete Gray, son of a poor immigrant coal miner in Pennsylvania, loses an arm during childhood.
A Winner Never Quits. A Winner Never Quits is a 1986 television film based on the true story of baseball player Pete Gray, the first one-armed man ever to play major league baseball, hired in 1943 as a "freak attraction" and wartime morale-booster by the Memphis Chicks, Class-A minor league ball club. Though a success, Gray maintains a tough ...