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Kill the Umpire: Directed by Lloyd Bacon. With William Bendix, Una Merkel, Ray Collins, Gloria Henry. An umpire-hating ex-baseball player loses many jobs because of his passion for watching ball games during working hours, but he decides to combine business with pleasure by becoming an umpire himself.
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- Comedy, Sport
- Lloyd Bacon
- 1950-04-27
Kill the Umpire is a 1950 baseball comedy film starring William Bendix and Una Merkel, directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Frank Tashlin. [1] Bendix two years earlier had portrayed baseball player Babe Ruth in the biographical film The Babe Ruth Story.
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Mar 1, 2013 · Bill, a former baseball player, is married to Betty, the daughter of retired umpire Jonah Evans, but has total contempt for umpires. When Bill loses yet another job, Jonah suggests that he become an umpire and earn his living at the ballpark.
- Lloyd Bacon, Carter Dehaven, Wilbur Mcgaugh
- William Bendix
Kill the Umpire. Bill Johnson (William Bendix) is a former ballplayer who loves baseball and hates umpires. But when a sustained period of unemployment leaves him desperate for a job, his...
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- Lloyd Bacon
- Comedy
- William Bendix, Una Merkel, Ray Collins
Screenplay, Story. Lloyd Bacon. Director. 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.
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20 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 7/10. For the Love of the Game. bkoganbing 29 May 2005. Kill the Umpire had to be a success because it appealed to the fantasy of every baseball fan in the world, the idea that he can be a better umpire than the guys out there doing it.
