The Bad News Bears
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✎ Suggest a correctionThis humorous view of Little League baseball focuses on the absurd seriousness surrounding sandlot play. Walter Matthau stars as a washed-up player who becomes the Bears' coach. Tatum O'Neal is Manda Whurlizer, the team's ace pitcher.
Bob Whitewood (Ben Piazza) files a lawsuit against a competitive Southern California Little League for excluding the least athletically skilled children (including his son Toby) from playing. To settle the lawsuit, the league agrees to form an additional team – the Bears – composed of the worst players. Morris Buttermaker (Walter Matthau) is a former minor-league baseball player who cleans swimming pools for a living.
Bob Whitewood (Ben Piazza) files a lawsuit against a competitive Southern California Little League for excluding the least athletically skilled children (including his son Toby) from playing. To settle the lawsuit, the league agrees to form an additional team – the Bears – composed of the worst players. Morris Buttermaker (Walter Matthau) is a former minor-league baseball player who cleans swimming pools for a living.
Credits
- Cast
- Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Chris Barnes, Jackie Earle Haley, Vic Morrow, Joyce Van Patten, Brandon Cruz
Copyright
Registered 26Mar76 · LP46363 (Jul-Dec 1976) Copyright holder: Paramount Pictures Corporation
Complete catalog record
This humorous view of Little League baseball focuses on the absurd seriousness surrounding sandlot play. Walter Matthau stars as a washed-up player who becomes the Bears' coach. Tatum O'Neal is Manda Whurlizer, the team's ace pitcher.
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- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
- Wikidata · Q1211829 ↗ — country
- U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — copyright
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