Bang the Drum Slowly | |
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Directed by | John Hancock |
Screenplay by | Mark Harris |
Based on | Bang the Drum Slowly by Mark Harris |
Produced by | Maurice Rosenfield Lois Rosenfield |
Starring | Robert De Niro Michael Moriarty Vincent Gardenia |
Cinematography | Richard Shore |
Edited by | Richard Marks |
Music by | Stephen Lawrence |
Production companies | ANJA Films BTDS Partnership |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1 million |
Bang the Drum Slowly is a 1973 American sports drama film directed by John D. Hancock based on Mark Harris's novel Bang the Drum Slowly, which follows the friendship between a star pitcher and his terminally ill catcher on a fictional Major League Baseball team. The film stars Michael Moriarty as Henry Wiggen, the team's star pitcher, and Robert De Niro as Bruce Pearson, his ill-fated catcher and close friend.