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Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms.



The Stratton Story (1949)
Released: 01 Jun 1949
Runtime: 106 min
Rated: PASSED
Director: Sam Wood
Writer(s): Douglas Morrow (screenplay), Guy Trosper (screenplay), Douglas Morrow (story)
Actors: James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan, Agnes Moorehead
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins.
IMDB Ratings: 7.1



Plot: The movie is about Chicago White Sox pitcher Monty Stratton (Jimmy Stewart), who in the 1930s, compiled a 37-19 won-loss record in three seasons. After he became the winningest right-hander in the American League, his major league career ended prematurely when a hunting accident in 1938 forced doctors to amputate his right leg. With a wooden leg and his wife Ethel's (June Allyson) help, Stratton made a successful minor league comeback in 1946, continuing to pitch in minor leagues throughout the rest of the 1940s and into the 1950s.