How does Long Gone end?

In the final act ("Victory and New Beginnings"): The team wins the pennant, shocking the corrupt owners. Dixie and Esther find love, culminating in a double wedding that closes the story.

Long Gone (1987) — AI Story Visualization

Name: Long Gone
Genre: comedy, drama, tv-movie
Released: 1987
Rating: 6.1

Plot Analysis Summary

A story of integrity versus corruption in 1950s minor league baseball.

Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases

The Mortgaged Franchise

Rising Streak and Shadows

The Integrity Stand

Victory and New Beginnings

Story of the Tampico Stogies, a low minor-league baseball team, and its star player and manager, Stud' Cantrell, as they battle for the league championship amidst the corruption and racism of the American south.

Directed by

Martin Davidson

Key Cast

William L. Petersen — Stud Cantrell
Virginia Madsen — Dixie Lee Boxx
Dermot Mulroney — Jamie Weeks
Henry Gibson — Hale Buchman
Neil DeGroot — Pukey Smathers

Rating: 6.1/10 (18 votes)