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.

© Paramount 2013

Released in 1976 by Paramount.

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  • character-type: Coach
  • character-type: Son
  • character-type: Mother
  • editors-choice: Sports Movies
  • primary-genre: Comedy
  • primary-genre: Children and Family
  • primary-genre: Sports and Fitness
  • secondary-genre: Sports Stories
  • secondary-genre: Baseball
  • secondary-genre: Sports Comedies
  • secondary-genre: Triumph of the Underdogs
  • secondary-genre: Comedy
  • secondary-genre: Family Comedies
  • mood: Family-Friendly
  • mood: Heartfelt
  • primary-occasion: Sports
  • secondary-occasion: Baseball
  • prop: Baseball
  • setting: Baseball Game
  • theme: Defiance
  • theme: Parenthood
  • actor: Shari Summers
  • actor: Vic Morrow
  • actor: Gary Lee Cavagnaro
  • actor: Brandon Cruz
  • 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: Mrs. Turner
  • role-name: Coach Roy Turner
  • role-name: Engelberg
  • role-name: Joey Turner
  • role-name: Coach Morris Buttermaker
  • screenwriter: Bill Lancaster
  • year: 1976
  • studio: Paramount

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