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Kill the Umpire

Kill the Umpire

Comedy

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.

Date: 04/27/1950
Rating: 6.2
Cast: William Bendix, Una Merkel, Ray Collins, Gloria Henry, Jeff Richards, Connie Marshall, William Frawley, Tom D'Andrea, Alan Hale Jr., Harry Hayden, Larry Olsen, Almira Sessions, Chester Clute, Jeff York, Billy Gray, Tommy Ivo, Jackie Jackson, Lyn Thomas, Al Thompson, Chief Yowlachie

William Bendix as Bill 'Two Call' Johnson in Kill the Umpire William Bendix

Una Merkel as Betty Johnson in Kill the Umpire Una Merkel

Ray Collins as Jonah Evans in Kill the Umpire Ray Collins

Gloria Henry as Lucy Johnson in Kill the Umpire Gloria Henry

Jeff Richards as Bob Landon in Kill the Umpire Jeff Richards

Connie Marshall as Suzie Johnson in Kill the Umpire Connie Marshall

William Frawley as Jimmy O'Brien in Kill the Umpire William Frawley

Tom D'Andrea as Roscoe Snooker in Kill the Umpire Tom D'Andrea

Alan Hale Jr. as Harry Shea (uncredited) in Kill the Umpire Alan Hale Jr.

Harry Hayden as Hotel Manager (uncredited) in Kill the Umpire Harry Hayden

Larry Olsen

Almira Sessions as Baseball Spectator (uncredited) in Kill the Umpire Almira Sessions

Chester Clute as Man Using Telephone (uncredited) in Kill the Umpire Chester Clute

Jeff York as Panhandle Jones (uncredited) in Kill the Umpire Jeff York

Billy Gray as Boy Playing Baseball (uncredited) in Kill the Umpire Billy Gray

Tommy Ivo as Boy Playing Baseball (uncredited) in Kill the Umpire Tommy Ivo

Jackie Jackson

Lyn Thomas as Pretty Wife (uncredited) in Kill the Umpire Lyn Thomas

Al Thompson as Minor Role (uncredited) in Kill the Umpire Al Thompson

Chief Yowlachie as Indian (uncredited) in Kill the Umpire Chief Yowlachie

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