Alabama Pitts
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Edwin Collins "Alabama" Pitts Jr. was an American convicted felon who garnered media attention in his attempt to play professional baseball after his release from Sing Sing prison. While serving five
Pitts in 1935
Over the Wall (film)
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Over the Wall is a 1938 American drama film directed by Frank McDonald and written by Crane Wilbur and George Bricker, based on a story by Lewis E. Lawes. The film stars Dick Foran, June Travis, John
Alabama Pitts
…football for two years, including one as a member of the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles. Two films (The Billion Dollar Scandal and Over the Wall) produced in the 1930s were inspired by his life story. Pitts was fatally stabbed at a tavern in June 1941. Pitts was born in Opelika, Alabama, to Edwin…
Theatrical release poster