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The Bad News Bears is a 1976 American sports comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie and written by Bill Lancaster. It stars Walter Matthau as an alcoholic ex-baseball pitcher who becomes a coach for a youth baseball team known as the Bears.
Apr 7, 1976 · The Bad News Bears: Directed by Michael Ritchie. With Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow, Joyce Van Patten. An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
The Bad News Bears (1976) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The Bad News Bears: Created by Bob Brunner, Arthur Silver. With Jack Warden, J. Brennan Smith, Tricia Cast, Billy Jayne. To dodge jail, pool cleaner Buttermaker coaches misfit Little League team the Bears. With principal Rappant's help, he earns their respect and even wins some games.
Hard-drinking, ex-minor-league hopeful Morris Buttermaker (Walter Matthau) grumpily agrees to coach a Little League team at the behest of lawyer-councilman Bob Whitewood (Ben Piazza), who has a ...
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A beer-guzzling ex-minor leaguer reluctantly agrees to coach a bunch of clumsy, misfit Little League baseball players to compete for a high-stakes championship in California.
Michael Ritchie's "The Bad News Bears" is intended as a comedy, and there are, to be sure, a lot of laughs in it. But it's something more, something deeper, than what it first appears to be.
Directed by Michael Ritchie and featuring a stellar cast including Walter Matthau and Tatum O’Neal, this classic sports comedy follows the misadventures of a youth baseball team coached by an alcoholic ex-pitcher.
An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
The Bad News Bears franchise consists of American sports-comedies, based on an original story by Bill Lancaster. The franchise includes theatrical films (the original release, its two sequels, and the 2005 remake ), and a television series which aired from 1979-1980.
