Hardball
- Director: Brian Robbins
- Writer: Daniel Coyle; John Gatins
- Producer: Herb Gains; Kevin McCormick
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Bright, educated, handsome Conor O'Neill's promising future was wrecked by his gambling addiction, which dragged him into heavy drinking and petty crime, but worst of all, the stifling grip of loan-shark bookies. Desperate for a loan, he agrees to stand in for lawyer friend Jimmy Fleming as coach of a Chicago ghetto Little League baseball team. His sense of pride, becoming the boys' sole idol, and competition, plus their attractive teacher, motivate Conor. But the crushing loan problem rather requires leaving town.
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Cast & Characters
Keanu Reeves as Conor O'Neill;
Diane Lane as Elizabeth Wilkes;
John Hawkes as Ticky Tobin;
Bryan Hearne as Andre Ray Peetes;
Julian Griffith as Jefferson Albert Tibbs;
Michael B. Jordan as Jamal;
A. Delon Ellis Jr. as Miles Pennfield II;
Kris D. Lofton as Clarence;
Michael Perkins as Kofi Evans;
Brian M. Reed as Raymond 'Ray Ray' Bennet;
DeWayne Warren as Jarius 'G-Baby' Evans;
Carol Hall as Pearla Evans;
Jacqueline Williams as Lenora Tibbs;
Freeman Coffey as Darryl Mackey;
D.B. Sweeney as Matt Hyland