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Jul 11, 1992 · The Comrades of Summer: Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace. With Joe Mantegna, Natalya Negoda, Michael Lerner, Mark Rolston. To teach a team of Russian wanna-be baseball players the finer points of the all-American game is no easy task, but for a grudgingly resentful, recently fired baseball manager from the States, the task is formidable.
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- Comedy, Sport
- Tommy Lee Wallace
- 1992-07-11
The Comrades of Summer is a 1992 television film featuring Joe Mantegna and Natalya Negoda. It was directed by Tommy Lee Wallace, written by Robert Rodat and aired on HBO on July 11, 1992. Plot. Major League Baseball manager Sparky Smith is fired from his job with the Seattle Mariners.
Movie Info. A disgraced manager of the Seattle Mariners baseball team, Sparky Smith (Joe Mantegna), finds work in Russia running their Olympic team after the fall of the Soviet Union.
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- Tommy Lee Wallace
- R
- Joe Mantegna
2 hr 8 mins. Remake of the 1961 Disney comedy about separated identical twins who meet at camp, change places and hatch a plot to reunite their divorced parents. In this version, one twin is from...
Synopsis. Sparky Smith (Joe Mantegna) is the would be player manager of the Seattle Mariners, the culmination of a long and successful career. He is living during the death rattle of the baseball player as superstar era. America was growing tired of the egos, the salaries, the strikes.
The Comrades of Summer (TV Movie 1992) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
2h 1992. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Film Details. Notes. Brief Synopsis. An American baseball manager is fired for his antics and then hired by the Russians to build an Olympic team. Cast & Crew. Read More. Tommy Lee Wallace. Director. Joe Mantegna. Sparky Smith. Natalya Negoda. Tanya. Michael Lerner. Team Owner. Eric Allan Kramer. Boris.