Kill the Umpire (1950)

Kill the Umpire (1950)

Columbia's Bases Full of LAUGHS!!! 1950-04-27 United States of America 78 Min. PG-13
6.2 5 votes

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.

Cast

William Bendix is Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
Una Merkel is Betty Johnson
Betty Johnson
Ray Collins is Jonah Evans
Jonah Evans
Gloria Henry is Lucy Johnson
Lucy Johnson
Jeff Richards is Bob Landon
Bob Landon
Connie Marshall is Suzie Johnson
Suzie Johnson
William Frawley is Jimmy O'Brien
Jimmy O'Brien
Tom D'Andrea is Roscoe Snooker
Roscoe Snooker
Alan Hale Jr. is Harry Shea (uncredited)
Harry Shea (uncredited)
Harry Hayden is Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Larry Olsen is Johnny (uncredited)
Johnny (uncredited)
Almira Sessions is Baseball Spectator (uncredited)
Baseball Spectator (uncredited)

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