Soul of the Game

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Soul of the Game
Genre	Drama History Sport
Teleplay by	David Himmelstein
Story by	Gary Hoffman
Directed by	Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Starring	Blair Underwood Delroy Lindo Mykelti Williamson Edward Herrmann R. Lee Ermey Harvey Williams
Music by	Lee Holdridge
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Kevin Kelly Brown Gary Hoffman Mike Medavoy
Producer	Robert Papazian
Production locations	Birmingham, Alabama Huntingburg, Indiana League Stadium - 1st & Cherry Streets, Huntingburg, Indiana Los Angeles Ontario Pasadena, California St. Louis Rickwood Field - 1137 2nd Avenue W, Birmingham, Alabama
Cinematography	Sandi Sissel
Editor	Victor Du Bois
Running time	94 minutes
Production companies	Gary Hoffman Productions HBO Pictures Mike Medavoy Productions
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	April 20, 1996 (1996-04-20)

Soul of the Game (released as Field of Honour in the United Kingdom) is a 1996 television film about Negro league baseball.

The film stars Blair Underwood as Jackie Robinson, Delroy Lindo as Satchel Paige, Mykelti Williamson as Josh Gibson, and Harvey Williams as "Cat" Mays, the father of Willie Mays. The film depicts Paige and Gibson as the pitching and hitting stars, respectively, of the Negro leagues in the period immediately following World War II. Robinson is an up-and-coming player on Paige's team, the Kansas City Monarchs.

Branch Rickey is the general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers who is determined to integrate Major League Baseball. He begins sending his scouts to Negro league games to find the best players. Rickey directs his scouts to look not only at playing ability but also at the players' maturity and capacity to withstand the hostility that is sure to be directed

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Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 67% rating based on six reviews.^[1] Audiences gave the film a 67% rating based on 114 reviews.^[1]

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