Rookie of the Year (Screen Directors Playhouse)

Rookie of the Year is a 1955 half-hour baseball drama directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, and Patrick Wayne, all of whom Ford would direct in The Searchers the following year. This film was an installment of the television anthology series Screen Director's Playhouse. A sportswriter (John Wayne) realizes that a talented young rookie (Patrick Wayne) is the son of a former player (Ward Bond) convicted of throwing a game.

Rookie of the Year (Screen Directors Playhouse)

Rookie of the Year is a 1955 half-hour baseball drama directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, and Patrick Wayne, all of whom Ford would direct in The Searchers the following year. This film was an installment of the television anthology series Screen Director's Playhouse. A sportswriter (John Wayne) realizes that a talented young rookie (Patrick Wayne) is the son of a former player (Ward Bond) convicted of throwing a game.