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The Basketball Fix is a 1951 noir sports drama film directed by Felix E. Feist and starring John Ireland, Marshall Thompson and Vanessa Brown. The film is also known by the alternative title The Big Decision in the United Kingdom. [1] It is based on the CCNY point shaving scandal.
The Basketball Fix: Directed by Felix E. Feist. With John Ireland, Marshall Thompson, Vanessa Brown, William Bishop. A college basketball star collaborates with organized crime and becomes involved in 'point shaving.' A sportswriter tries to get him back on the right track.
Feb 11, 2011 · A college basketball star collaborrates with organized crime and becomes involved in 'point shaving.'. A sportswriter tries to get him back on the right track.
A college basketball star collaborates with organized crime and becomes involved in 'point shaving.' A sportswriter tries to get him back on the right track....
Pete Ferreday, a popular sports columnist, scouts basketball talent for his college alma mater and looks up sure-shot Johnny Long, a local high school player he has covered. When Pete offers him a scholarship, good-hearted Johnny declines, saying he must stay in his hometown to take care of his ill father and his kid brother Mickey.
The story, told in a series of flashbacks by newspaper reporter Pete Ferreday (John Ireland), is about a high-school basketball star, Johnny Long (Marshall TYhompson), who gets a full-ride scholarship to a fictional eastern-seaboard college who is poor and a weakling.
Jan 11, 2014 · 16K views 10 years ago. The Basketball Fix is a 1951 American film directed by Felix E. Feist. The film is also known as The Big Decision in the United Kingdom. ...more.
Apr 30, 2022 · The Basketball Fix is a 1951 noir sports drama film directed by Felix E. Feist and starring John Ireland, Marshall Thompson and Vanessa Brown. The film is also known by the alternative title...
A college basketball star collaborrates with organized crime and becomes involved in 'point shaving.' A sportswriter tries to get him back on the right track.
A reporter threatens to blow-the-whistle on a cheating hoop star.
