It Happens Every Spring (1949)

A university college professor (Ray Milland) discovers a compound that causes baseballs to curve. He uses this knowledge to become a pitching phenomenon with a St. Louis baseball team. Directed by Lloyd Bacon (MARKED WOMAN), this baseball fantasy is agreeable enough if on the pedestrian side. The question of the unethical use of scientific enhancement rather than skill to win baseball games is never questioned. Of course if this actually happened, the team would be eliminated from the major leagues or at least fined. But this is a movie fantasy after all so it's best not to dwell on it. I'm not a fan of sports movies but the humor keeps it watchable and there's a nice performance by Paul Douglas as the team's catcher. With Jean Peters, Ed Begley, Debra Paget, Jessie Royce Landis, Ray Collins and Ted De Corsia.