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Big Leaguer

film by Aldrich [1953]

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  • Flight of the Phoenix, The
    In Robert Aldrich: Early work

    Aldrich’s first feature film, Big Leaguer (1953), was a rather clumsy baseball drama with Edward G. Robinson and Vera-Ellen. He subsequently signed a contract with United Artists, and his first film for the studio was the box-office hit Apache (1954), with Burt Lancaster as a Geronimo-like protagonist. Aldrich’s

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