The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Genres: Biography, Sports, Drama
Cast: Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Walter Brennan, Babe Ruth
The Pride of the Yankees is a 1942 American drama film produced by Samuel Goldwyn, directed by Sam Wood, and starring Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, and Walter Brennan. It is a tribute to the legendary New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig, who died a year before its release, at age 37, from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which later became known to the lay public as "Lou Gehrig's disease".