Damn Yankees is a sometimes amusing but ultimately disappointing camp 50s musical. Who would have thought a musical could be made about baseball? But a deal with Satan is made which allows a middle aged loser to become the greatest baseball player since Ohtani. Unfortunately the movie is cast with second rate actors and overly long musical numbers. I mean really really long musical numbers. Gwen Verdon just isn't at all sexy as the temptress Lola. Maybe she moves well. I'm no dancer. But Gwen's no Mitzi Gaynor or Cyd Charisse. Still there's some good laughs and fun if you fast forward through most of the numbers.
Review of Damn Yankees
