Summary:
Lloyd Bacon's baseball comedy stars Ray Milland as Vernon Simpson, a chemist who develops a product which repels wood. Signing on with a major league team as a pitcher, he throws screwballs doctored with his solution, becoming a sensation who strikes out every batter he faces. Jason Ankeny, Rovi... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Ray Milland - (Vernon Simpson)
Jean Peters - (Deborah Greenleaf)
Paul Douglas - (Monk Lanigan)
Ed Begley, Sr. - (Sfone)
Ted de Corsia - (Dolan)
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Review:
In this little gem of a comedy, Ray Milland has a ball -- a baseball -- and what he does to it turns the whole sports world topsy-turvy and sets high standards for later sports films about athletes with secret weapons. Milland portrays mild-mannered chemistry professor Vernon Simpson. One day, he accidentally makes a concoction that rep... Continue >>

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