The toughest guy you ever met... until an angel said "Hello!"
The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.
Paul Douglas Janet Leigh Keenan Wynn Donna Corcoran Lewis Stone Spring Byington Bruce Bennett Marvin Kaplan Ellen Corby Jeff Richards John Gallaudet King Donovan Don Haggerty Paul Salata Fred Graham John McKee Patrick J. Molyneaux Barbara Billingsley Bing Crosby Joe DiMaggio Pat Flaherty Douglas Fowley Peter Graves Richard Hale Bill Hickman Tor Johnson Dick Simmons James Whitmore Sam Harris Harold Miller Ty Cobb
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