Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms.
Acting
Stewart's physical transformation — watch him actually pitch one-legged.
Direction
Sam Wood makes a hunting accident feel intimate, not exploitative.
Costume
The mechanical leg contraption — period-accurate and genuinely unsettling.
Director
Sam Wood
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Monty Stratton insisted on pitching one-legged in exhibition games until 1953, and his actual wooden leg is visible in some scenes.
This was MGM's attempt to replicate Pride of the Yankees' success, but Stratton's survival — unlike Gehrig's death — made it oddly more hopeful and less iconic.
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