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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 PG 1986 1h 37m Biography List Reviews 60% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score One-armed outfielder Pete Gray (Keith Carradine) makes it to the major-league St. Louis...
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- Mel Damski
- PG
- Keith Carradine
15 out of 16 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink. 8/10. x. clementsontom 9 April 2017. They need to show this movie on TV it hasn't been on in years.I can't remember the last time it was on. I'm not sure who decides on what go on & when. It beat some of the other movies on now days.
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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
Mel Damski. 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...
But it isn't until he agrees to meet a handicapped youngster who idolizes him that Pete finally becomes a genuine American hero. Mel Damski. Director. Burt Prelutsky. Writer. Raised in a poor Pennsylvania mining town by his immigrant parents, Pete Grey lost his right arm while still a young boy.
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.
