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Kill the Umpire (1950)

Columbia's Bases Full of LAUGHS!!!

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 1H 18M

Director : Lloyd Bacon
Writer : Frank Tashlin

Synopsis

Ex-baseball player Bill Johnson, failing at many jobs when his ball-playing days are over, reluctantly takes the advice of his father-in-law, Jonah Evans, a retired umpire, and enters an umpire-training school. Assigned to the Texas League, he does fine until the championship play-offs when a riot develops over one of his calls. The involved player is knocked unconscious in the proceedings and cannot verify that Bill made the correct call. Despite lynch mob plans to at least tar-and-feather him, Bill's family - his daughters Lucy (Gloria Henry and Susan and his wife Betty - help Bill reach the ballpark safely the next day through a series of hair-raising encounters.

Actors

William Bendix
William Bendix
Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
Una Merkel
Una Merkel
Betty Johnson
Ray Collins
Ray Collins
Jonah Evans
Gloria Henry
Gloria Henry
Lucy Johnson
Jeff Richards
Jeff Richards
Bob Landon
Connie Marshall
Connie Marshall
Suzie Johnson
William Frawley
William Frawley
Jimmy O'Brien
Tom D'Andrea
Tom D'Andrea
Roscoe Snooker
Alan Hale Jr.
Alan Hale Jr.
Harry Shea (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
Harry Hayden
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Larry Olsen
Larry Olsen
Johnny (uncredited)
Almira Sessions
Almira Sessions
Baseball Spectator (uncredited)
Chester Clute
Chester Clute
Man Using Telephone (uncredited)
Jeff York
Jeff York
Panhandle Jones (uncredited)
Billy Gray
Billy Gray
Boy Playing Baseball (uncredited)
Tommy Ivo
Tommy Ivo
Boy Playing Baseball (uncredited)
Jackie Jackson
Jackie Jackson
Boy (uncredited)
Lyn Thomas
Lyn Thomas
Pretty Wife (uncredited)
Al Thompson
Al Thompson
Minor Role (uncredited)
Chief Yowlachie
Chief Yowlachie
Indian (uncredited)

Crews

Lloyd Bacon
Lloyd Bacon
Director
Frank Tashlin
Frank Tashlin
Screenplay
John Beck
John Beck
Producer
Jean Louis
Jean Louis
Costume Design
Frank Tashlin
Frank Tashlin
Story

Trailers and other movies

1950 KILL THE UMPIRE - Trailer - William Bendix, Una Merkel

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