Damn Yankees

Starring: Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston

Step up to the plate for Damn Yankees, the rousing movie of the 1,019-performance Broadway grand slam that imports nearly all the original New York lineup, including Tony Award-winning stars Gwen Verdon as luscious vamp Lola and Ray Walston as her slyly Satanic boss Applegate. Hollywood's Tab Hunter suits up as potential lost soul and Washington Senators slugger Joe Hardy, revealing a freewheeling fun side unseen in previous roles. The Pajama Game duo of Richard Adler and Jerry Ross serve up an out-of-the-park home-run score, including "Whatever Lola Wants" and "Heart." Choreographer Bob Fosse provides all the right moves, and he joins Verdon on-screen in performing "Who's Got the Pain?" No pain here, just pure pleasure.

• Format: Blu-ray
• UPC: 883929719617
• Release Date: March 2021
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Warner Archives
• Directors: George Abbott, Stanley Donen
• Starring: Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston
• Runtime: 1 hour, 50 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: ntsc
• Weight: 0.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 5.3" x 0.4"

Customer Reviews

Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, MO

Based on a George Abbott Broadway musical, this movie tells the story of an aging baseball fan who sells his soul to become a young ballplayer on his favorite team (Senators). The younger player, Joe Hardy (Tab Hunter), looks for a loophole in the contract. Mr. Appellate, “the devil you say” (Ray Walston), tries to distract Joe by dispatching Lola (Gwen Verdon), a female vamp who sings "What Lola Wants, Lola Gets", yet she ends up helping him. The details of the story and the songs make the movie. Naturally, some of the songs from the musical did not make it into the movie. There is a copy of a newer “D-a-m-n Yankees!” (1967) that is impossible to find on DVD. You can see how well Lee Remick plays Lola.