Director, William Canning, Donald Brittain ; producer, William Canning ; executive producer, Colin Low ; script, Donald Brittain ; photography, David De Volpi ; sound, Hans Oomes ; editing, Marrin Canell ; sound editing, Karl Duplessis, André Galbrand, Roger Hart ; re-recording, Jean-Pierre Joutel, Michel Descombes ; music, Eldon Rathburn.

Narrator, Donald Brittain.

Recorded 1974.

Spring 1972. The Chicago Cubs are poised to win the National League's Pennant race, lead by their star pitcher, a Black Canadian named Ferguson Jenkins, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991. Out of all the major league players in the history of the game, only a handful had come from Canada, and none had risen as high as the "golden" right-hander from Chatham, Ontario. The first Cubs pitcher to win the Cy Young award, Jenkins had tied a team record by winning 20 or more games, six seasons in a row. He stands poised on the threshold of greatness as he enters a season that will challenge the limits of his astonishing talents. Follow Jenkins and the Cubs through the trials and frustrations of the 1972-73 seasons, from the hope and innocence of spring training, to the dog days of an August slump. The camera gets up close to the skirmishes at home plate, and records the intimate chatter on the mound, in the dugout, and in the locker room. King of the Hill offers a view of baseball as seen from the inside. This must-have video for all serious baseball fans captures the human side of the game. It provides a glimpse into the rewards and pressures of sports stardom, in an affectionate testament to the sacred traditions and the easy cameraderie of the quintessential summer sport.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Main Prize by the Inernational Jury for Cinema and Television Films - accompanied with a cash award of 1000DM, 1975

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).