City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal
About City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal
Documentary examining one of the most notorious incidents in college basketball history, when seven members of the City College of New York (CCNY) basketball team conspired with gamblers to fix games over two seasons (1949-51).
City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal is a 1998 documentary history film directed by George Roy and Steve Stern. Liev Schreiber appears as Himself-Narrator, Marty Glickman as himself, Nat Holman as himself, and Marvin Kalb as himself.
It runs 57 minutes and was released in March 1998.
Shelv files it under basketball, new york city, and sports. American members can watch it on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel.
The Basketball Diaries, Half Nelson, and Just Wright make useful companions to City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal.