The Stratton Story | |
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Directed by | Sam Wood |
Screenplay by | Guy Trosper Douglas Morrow |
Story by | Douglas Morrow |
Produced by | Jack Cummings |
Starring | James Stewart June Allyson Frank Morgan Agnes Moorehead |
Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
Edited by | Ben Lewis |
Music by | Adolph Deutsch |
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Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,771,000[1] |
Box office | $4,488,000[1] |
The Stratton Story is a 1949 American biographical film directed by Sam Wood that tells the true story of Monty Stratton, a Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched for the Chicago White Sox from 1934 to 1938.[2] The film is the first of three to pair stars Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson, followed by The Glenn Miller Story and Strategic Air Command. Stratton commented that Stewart "did a great job of playing me, in a picture which I figure was about as true to life as they could make it."[3]
The Stratton Story was a financial success and won the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture Story.