Kill the Umpire

Kill the Umpire(1950)

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April 27, 1950
1h 18m
IMDb6.4644
TMDB6.36

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.

Director

Lloyd Bacon

Producer

John Beck

Trailer

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

Cast

Crew

Director of Photography

Charles Lawton Jr.

Producer

John Beck

Director

Lloyd Bacon

Details

Original Language

en

Country

United States of America

Production

Columbia Pictures

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