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Kill the Umpire

Directed by Lloyd Bacon

Comedy
19501h 18m6.3

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.

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Cast

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

Chester Clute

Chester Clute

Man Using Telephone (uncredited)

Billy Gray

Billy Gray

Boy Playing Baseball (uncredited)

Alan Hale Jr.

Alan Hale Jr.

Harry Shea (uncredited)

Harry Hayden

Harry Hayden

Hotel Manager (uncredited)

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