The Bad News Bears (1976)

Throw the Ball, Joey!

To get back at his Dad (Vic Morrow), pitcher Joey Turner (Brandon Cruz) refuses to throw the ball and the Bears tie the game.

Directed by Michael Ritchie.

Released in 1976 by Paramount.

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  • character-type: Coach
  • character-type: Son
  • character-type: Mother
  • editors-choice: Sports Movies
  • primary-genre: Sports and Fitness
  • primary-genre: Children and Family
  • primary-genre: Comedy
  • secondary-genre: Family Comedies
  • secondary-genre: Baseball
  • secondary-genre: Sports Stories
  • secondary-genre: Comedy
  • secondary-genre: Sports Comedies
  • secondary-genre: Triumph of the Underdogs
  • mood: Family-Friendly
  • mood: Heartfelt
  • primary-occasion: Sports
  • secondary-occasion: Baseball
  • prop: Baseball
  • setting: Baseball Game
  • theme: Defiance
  • theme: Parenthood
  • actor: Brandon Cruz
  • actor: Shari Summers
  • actor: Vic Morrow
  • actor: Gary Lee Cavagnaro
  • actor: Walter Matthau
  • director: Michael Ritchie
  • producer: Stanley R. Jaffe
  • cinematographer: John A. Alonzo
  • composer: Jerry Fielding
  • editor: Richard A. Harris
  • production-designer: Polly Platt
  • role-name: Coach Roy Turner
  • role-name: Engelberg
  • role-name: Mrs. Turner
  • role-name: Joey Turner
  • role-name: Coach Morris Buttermaker
  • screenwriter: Bill Lancaster
  • year: 1976
  • studio: Paramount