Movie Description
Kill the Umpire
(1950)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Lloyd Bacon
- Producer : John Beck
- Writer : Frank Tashlin
- Editor : Charles Nelson
- Cast : William Bendix,Una Merkel,Ray Collins,Gloria Henry,Jeff Richards,Connie Marshall,William Frawley,Tom D'Andrea,Chester Clute,Billy Gray,Alan Hale Jr.,Harry Hayden,Tommy Ivo,Jackie Jackson,Larry Olsen,Almira Sessions,Lyn Thomas,Al Thompson,Jeff York,Chief Yowlachie
Cast
Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
Betty Johnson
Jonah Evans
Lucy Johnson
Bob Landon
Suzie Johnson
Jimmy O'Brien
Roscoe Snooker
Man Using Telephone (uncredited)
Boy Playing Baseball (uncredited)
Harry Shea (uncredited)
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Boy Playing Baseball (uncredited)
Boy (uncredited)
Johnny (uncredited)
Baseball Spectator (uncredited)
Pretty Wife (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Panhandle Jones (uncredited)
Indian (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleKill the Umpire
Status Released
Release Information
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1950-04-27
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 18m
Production CompaniesColumbia Pictures
Genres
- Comedy
