The Pittsburgh Drug Trials

Name: The Pittsburgh Drug Trials
Director: Mike Jacobs
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015-09-23
Duration: 23 min
Cast: Hal Bodley, Kevin Connolly, Lonnie Smith, Dale Shiffman

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2015 · 23 min · Documentary · TMDB 7.0/10

Overview

Pittsburgh was the center of the sports world in 1979, home to the Super Bowl champion Steelers and the World Series champion Pirates. The Pirates and their rallying cry of “We Are Family” brought a renewed sense of pride to the city. But as it turned out, the family was dangerously dysfunctional, with many members succumbing to the temptation of cocaine and dragging baseball into a nationwide scandal. This film revisits that era and paints a picture of how, by 1985, easy drugs and fast nights brought the national pastime from the diamond to a federal courtroom.

Directed by Mike Jacobs

Cast

Hal Bodley — Self
Kevin Connolly — Self
Lonnie Smith — Self
Dale Shiffman — Self