Follow the Sun (1951)
Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Genres - Sports & Recreation |
Sub-Genres - Biopic [feature], Sports Drama |
Release Date - May 22, 1951 (USA - Unknown), May 22, 1951 (USA) |
Run Time - 93 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Follow the Sun is the filmed biography of golf champion Ben Hogan. Glenn Ford, no mean duffer himself, stars as Hogan, here depicted as a single-purposed individual to whom golf is everything. Anne Baxter co-stars as Hogan's supportive wife Valerie, who sticks with him through thick and thin. On the brink of his greatest success, Hogan is seriously injured in an auto accident. His recovery and return to the links provides the dramatic momentum of the film's final reels. Co-starring as themselves in Follow the Suns are such golfing legends as Sam Snead, Jimmy Demaret, and Dr. Cary Middlecoff. An uncredited Harold Blake appears as Ben Hogan at the age of 14.
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golf, accident, amateur, caddy, car, career, champion, childhood, chronicle, fame, injury, overcome, profession, recovery [health], sports, success, tourist, wife, sun
