Kill the Umpire

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.

Main Cast

William Bendix

Bill 'Two Call' Johnson

Age : 58 | Popularity : 67%

Una Merkel

Betty Johnson

Age : 82 | Popularity : 43%

Ray Collins

Jonah Evans

Age : 75 | Popularity : 63%

Gloria Henry

Lucy Johnson

Age : 101 | Popularity : 19%

Jeff Richards

Bob Landon

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Connie Marshall

Suzie Johnson

Age : 68 | Popularity : 20%

William Frawley

Jimmy O'Brien

Age : 79 | Popularity : 52%

Tom D'Andrea

Roscoe Snooker

Age : N/A | Popularity : 17%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Lloyd Bacon
Writing	Screenplay	Frank Tashlin
	Story	Frank Tashlin
Production	Producer	John Beck
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Jean Louis
Department	Role	Name

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