The film""s poster describes its intriguing premise:"It is Different.It is Daring.Most of All, in Its Own Terrifying Way, It is a Love Story."Plot SynopsisSF public relations advertising executive Joe Clay (Jack Lemmon), a former social drinker, turns to alcohol due to pressures at work.Then as absolution, at a table with Michael, Charlie again subjected himself o a hot flame for penance""s sake - he lit a match and held his finger in the fire after being tempted by the black dancer on stage.Now, forget it, kid.You got the heart, but you ain""t got the tools no more." Rocky was deeply saddened and suggested helping out at the gym as a janitor and clean-up man: "If I can""t fight no more, maybe I can help out around here.What makes it precious is that it ends.And I know that now more han ever.And I say it, today of all days, to remind us that time is luck.So don""t waste it living someone else""s life.Make yours count for something.Fight for what matters to you.No matter what.Because even if we fall short, what better way is there to live?Intercutting of scenes occurred between the high-school graduation and the chase sequence in downtown Manhattan."Guffy" McGovern (Paul Douglas), the brash and loud-mouthed manager of the hapless Pittsburgh Pirates, was confronted in Forbes Field one night by the voice of the Archangel Gabriel (James Whitmore), a representative of a celestial ballclub known as the Heavenly Choir Nine; in exchange for winning ballgames with helpful but invisible angelic player-ghosts, the belligerent Guffy was required o become a changed man and cut back on his swearing and fighting; it was revealed that orphaned girl Bridget White (Donna Corcoran) had prayed for the winning miracles, and the story broke nationwide by news-columnist Jennifer Page (Janet Leigh); the film was remade and modernized by Disney in 1994Rhubarb (1951), a family screwball comedy with the subtitle "The Millionaire Tom-Cat" - starring Ray Milland and Jan Sterling; it was about a feral but loveable cat named Rhubarb who inherited a pro-baseball team - the Brooklyn LoonsThe Winning Team (1952),Warner Bros"" fanciful story of the big-league "Alex the Great" - a farmer-turned-pitcher named Grover Cleveland Alexander (Ronald Reagan), who pitched for the Philadelphia Nationals (Phillies), the Chicago Cubs, and the St.