# The Babe (1992)

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**Runtime**: 115 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Arthur Hiller
**Written by**: John Fusco
**Starring**: John Goodman, Kelly McGillis, Trini Alvarado, Randy Steinmeyer, James Cromwell, Michael McGrady

> *There Was Only One.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Sister Carrie meets Deadball slugger if hagiography drops its moral compass. A street kid becomes a mythic slugger but the game chews him up anyway. A young Tony Goldwyn smolders through the carnage.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, outsider

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