The Basketball Fix

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The Basketball Fix
Realart Pictures
Release date
  • September 13, 1951 (1951-09-13) (New York City)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Basketball Fix is a 1951

CCNY point shaving scandal
.

Plot

Sports journalist Peter Ferredey tries to prevent promising college basketball player Johnny Long from becoming involved with a betting ring, but is unable to stop him from shaving points during games for gambler Mike Taft.

Production

Basketball betting had existed for many years but grew during the 1940s.

CCNY point shaving scandal, when awareness of college basketball gambling centered in New York became widespread.[2][6][7] Based on this scandal, Realart Pictures released The Basketball Fix in 1951. Edward Leven produced it; Peter R. Brooke and Charles Peck Jr. wrote the screenplay.[8] The book Basketball in America states, "This movie exploited the fascination people had with the daily media reports of the actual investigation and the subsequent trials." The film had to do with both "society and basketball".[2]

Release

The film was shown nationwide beginning in 1951, including at the Palace Theatre in New York City, the Majestic Theatre in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, and the Roxy Theatre in Decatur, Alabama.[8][9][10] Alpha Video, Digiview Entertainment, and St. Clair Entertainment Group released it on DVD.[11]

Reception

A review in The New York Times said, "While The Basketball Fix is on the timid side, it is worth the effort put into it, and points the way to better and more constructive social comments."[8] The Decatur Daily wrote, "When Hollywood unlimbers its big cameras and turns the heat of a spotlight on a dramatic situation like The Basketball Fix...you can generally count on plenty of fireworks – and you won't be disappointed this time."[10] A TV Guide review said, "Surprisingly, the scandal in The Basketball Fix was small potatoes compared to the one that rocked the real basketball world in 1951."[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Basketball Fix (1951)". BFI. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-1-135-41986-8
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  3. ISBN 0-691-07447-X
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  4. ISBN 978-1-4422-6554-7
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  5. ISBN 978-0-252-09424-8
    .
  6. ISBN 978-1-4668-7645-3
    .
  7. ISBN 978-0-19-972479-6
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  8. ^ a b c "Behind College Basketball Scenes". The New York Times. September 14, 1951. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  9. ^ "Majestic". Shamokin News-Dispatch. Shamokin, Pennsylvania. March 6, 1952. Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ a b "The Basketball Fix Scores High As A Dramatic Expose". The Decatur Daily. Decatur, Alabama. May 11, 1952. Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "The Basketball Fix (1951)". AllMovie. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  12. ^ "The Basketball Fix". TV Guide. Retrieved January 9, 2021.

External links

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