The Babe Ruth Story casts William Bendix as Babe Ruth, who is depicted as a childish, misunderstood oaf who happens to be one of the greatest ballplayers of all time. The film chronicles Babe’s school days in Baltimore, his brief tenure with the Baltimore Orioles, his glory days with the New York Yankees, his precedent-breaking 60th homer, his “called shot” of 1932, his fall from grace with the Boston Braves, and his slow death from a cancerous illness.