As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey. Competitive sisters Dottie Hinson and Kit Keller spar with each other, scout Ernie Capadino and grumpy has-been coach Jimmy Dugan on their way to fame.

• Columbia Pictures
• Parkway Productions
• Tom Hanks
• Geena Davis
• Lori Petty
• Madonna
• Rosie O'Donnell
• Megan Cavanagh
• Tracy Reiner
• Bitty Schram