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      Kill the Umpire

      1950 1h 18m Comedy List
      Reviews 62% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score 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 father-in-law (Ray Collins), a former umpire himself, compels Bill to go to umpire school. Bill hates it at first, but gradually comes to appreciate the umpire's role in the game. As he begins to call games professionally, he finds himself the target of the same criticism he himself used to hurl from the dugout. Read More Read Less

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      dave d So bad it's good and so unreal it's often too real.  That's the best way to describe 'Kill the Umpire', a film so obscure, yet so culty, it's available for free if you search for it.   The umpire school scenes and the vitriol that the fans and players have for the umpire is a good example of how important the announcers are to the game.  If the announcers bash the umpires the fans often do as well.  Anyway, if you're an umpire, you'll get a kick out of it and if you're an umpire hater you will as well.  If you're not a fan of sports or baseball then this probably is something you should stay away from.  Long story short:  A Sometimes drunk husband and father with anger issues who can't hold a job goes to umpire school and finds out it's nothing he'd expect.  Final Score: 7/10 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member The best comedy movie ever made! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Bad supporting acting, Three Stooges-esqe humor, and a ridiculous but sadly not that unrealistic plot describes "Kill the Umpire", a 1950 film starring classic character actor William Bendix. Bendix carries the film on his back with his comedic pre-Simpsonian performance, battling terrible acting in each dirction. However, the acting is in the "so-terrible-its-fun" category, topped off with an occasional smirk after an awkard piece of dialoge reading. Plus, its a B-movie. What do you expect? Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis 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 father-in-law (Ray Collins), a former umpire himself, compels Bill to go to umpire school. Bill hates it at first, but gradually comes to appreciate the umpire's role in the game. As he begins to call games professionally, he finds himself the target of the same criticism he himself used to hurl from the dugout.
      Director
      Lloyd Bacon
      Production Co
      Columbia Pictures Corporation
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Apr 3, 2007
      Runtime
      1h 18m