Rookie of the Year (Screen Directors Playhouse)
| "Rookie of the Year" | |
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| Screen Directors Playhouse episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 10 |
| Directed by | John Ford |
| Written by | Written by Frank Nugent From a story by W. R. Burnett |
| Featured music | no music credit |
| Cinematography by | Hal Mohr, A.S.C. |
| Production code | 010 |
| Original air date | December 7, 1955 |
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Rookie of the Year is a 1955 half-hour baseball drama directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, and Patrick Wayne, all of whom Ford would direct in The Searchers the following year. This film was an installment of the television anthology series Screen Director's Playhouse.
A sportswriter (John Wayne) realizes that a talented young rookie (Patrick Wayne) is the son of a former player (Ward Bond) convicted of throwing a game.
Patrick Wayne would later play a similar role in a 1962 television drama, also directed by John Ford, called Flashing Spikes, starring James Stewart and featuring John Wayne in a lengthy surprise appearance.
Cast
- John Wayne as Mike Cronin
- Vera Miles as Ruth Dahlberg
- Ward Bond as Buck Goodhue
- Pat Wayne as Lyn Goodhue
- James Gleason as Ed Shafer
- Willis Bouchey as Cully
- Harry Tyler as Mr. White
- William Forrest as Walker
- Robert Leyden as Willie
- Tiger Fafara as Bobby
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