Diamond Demon

IMDb RATING

YOUR RATING

The remarkable talents of baseball pitcher and trick artist Johnny Price are showcased including throwing two balls at once to two catchers, pitching blindfolded, throwing and hitting hangin... Read allThe remarkable talents of baseball pitcher and trick artist Johnny Price are showcased including throwing two balls at once to two catchers, pitching blindfolded, throwing and hitting hanging upside down, and fielding fungoes in a jeep.The remarkable talents of baseball pitcher and trick artist Johnny Price are showcased including throwing two balls at once to two catchers, pitching blindfolded, throwing and hitting hanging upside down, and fielding fungoes in a jeep.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

154

YOUR RATING

3User reviews

See production info at IMDbPro

Photos

Top cast2

Edit

Pete Smith

Self - Narrator
(voice)
(as a Smith Named Pete)

Johnny Price

Self

Director
- Dave O'Brien
Writers
- Dave O'Brien
- Joe Ansen
All cast & crew
Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

More like this

6.7

State Fair

7.2

The Mask of Dimitrios

7.3

5.5

6.4

6.0

6.3

6.5

Charlotte and Her Boyfriend

6.4

Believe It or Not (Second Series) #5

6.2

Souvenirs of Death

6.3

Glimpses of Western Germany

7.7

A Place in the Sun

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
Johnny Price played a few games in the majors for the Cleveland Indians in 1946. Tragically, later in life, he suffered from depression. One night in 1967, he committed suicide by hanging himself.

Goofs
Trick play while aboard the jeep yields tire screeching as though on asphalt, not from a grass surface. The screeching tires are sound effects, just as is the popping of the ball into the baseball gloves or the enhanced sound of the ball hitting the bat that is held in unusual positions.

Crazy credits
Johnny Price is credited by narrator Pete Smith.

User reviews3

Review

Featured review

Put Him in the Hall of Fame

Diamond Demon (1947)

*** (out of 4)

Fun Pete Smith short takes a look at minor league baseball player Johnny Price. If you haven't heard of Price then you're not alone as I had no idea who he was but after viewing this short it's doubtful you'll forget him. Basically we have Price doing a variety of tricks dealing with baseball. We start off at the small stuff like seeing him hold two baseballs with one hand and then we get more challenging stuff. This includes him standing at home plate and throwing two balls with one hand. One is thrown to the pitcher and the other to the man on second base. We have him throwing three balls with one hand to three different men. We even see Price hanging upside down hitting, pitching and catching. Some of these tricks were just downright crazy including where he holds the bat between his legs to hit and if the pitch had been an inch or two higher then he wouldn't have had any children if you catch what I mean. This short runs a very brief 8-minutes but there's some nice tension in some of the dangerous tricks but at the same time you can't help but smile at the unique talent.