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<blockquote data-quote="Seaviewer" data-source="post: 354344" data-attributes="member: 57">Damn Yankees (1958)About the seven millionth rip-off Faust in which a dedicated Washington Senators fan makes a deal with the devil to become a baseball star to lead his beloved team to victory over &quot;those damn Yankees&quot;.This showed up in my Tubi feed as something to watch after The Pajama Game, and the two films have some common parentage - most importantly co-directors George Abbott and Stanley Donen. This film, however, only has one bona fide hit: &quot;(You Gotta Have) Heart.&quot;Tab Hunter, a one time matinee idol who never quite hit the top of the pile, puts in a stolid performance, and it&#039;s interesting to see Gwen Verdon, a Braodway legend, in one of her rare film appearances. Knowing Ray Walston primarily for My Favorite Martian, it&#039;s always something of a surprise to see him in one of these musicals (he was also in South Pacific and Paint Your Wagon) but his otherworldliness stands him in good stead here in the role of &quot;Mr. Applegate&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Seaviewer, post: 354344, member: 57"] Damn Yankees (1958) About the seven millionth rip-off [I]Faust[/I] in which a dedicated Washington Senators fan makes a deal with the devil to become a baseball star to lead his beloved team to victory over "those damn Yankees". This showed up in my Tubi feed as something to watch after [I]The Pajama Game[/I], and the two films have some common parentage - most importantly co-directors George Abbott and Stanley Donen. This film, however, only has one bona fide hit: "(You Gotta Have) Heart." Tab Hunter, a one time matinee idol who never quite hit the top of the pile, puts in a stolid performance, and it's interesting to see Gwen Verdon, a Braodway legend, in one of her rare film appearances. Knowing Ray Walston primarily for [I]My Favorite Martian[/I], it's always something of a surprise to see him in one of these musicals (he was also in [I]South Pacific[/I] and [I]Paint Your Wagon[/I]) but his otherworldliness stands him in good stead here in the role of "Mr. Applegate". [/QUOTE]

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