Elmer, the Great

Overview

Baseball star Elmer Kane leaves the little town of Gentryville, Indiana, to join the Chicago Cubs, where his naivete and arrogance soon put his relationship and career into jeopardy.

Details

Cast

Joe E. Brown

Elmer Kane

Patricia Ellis

Nellie Poole

Frank McHugh

Healy High-Hips

Claire Dodd

Evelyn

Preston Foster

Walker

Russell Hopton

Whitey

Sterling Holloway

Nick Kane

Jane Wyman

Game spectator (uncredited)

Emma Dunn

Mrs. Kane

Charles Cahill Wilson

Mr. Wade (as Charles Wilson)

Charles Delaney

Johnny Abbott

Berton Churchill

Colonel Moffitt

J. Carrol Naish

Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish)

Gene Morgan

Noonan

Maurice Black

Dice Dealer (uncredited)

Don Brodie

Casino Employee (uncredited)

George Chandler

Cubs Player (uncredited)

Phyllis Crane

Gentryville Journal reporter (uncredited)

Douglass Dumbrille

Stillman (uncredited)

Gale Gordon

Radio Announcer (uncredited)