Movie
The Bad News Bears
Overview
An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
Details
- Release date
- 1976-04-06
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Family, Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Walter Matthau as Coach Morris Buttermaker
- Tatum O'Neal as Amanda Whurlitzer
- Vic Morrow as Roy Turner
- Joyce Van Patten as Cleveland
- Ben Piazza as Councilman Whitewood
- Jackie Earle Haley as Kelly Leak
- Alfred Lutter as Ogilvie
- Chris Barnes as Tanner Boyle
- Erin Blunt as Ahmad Abdul Rahim
- Gary Lee Cavagnaro as Endelberg
- Jayme Escobedo as Jose Agilar
- Scott Firestone as Regi Tower
Crew
- Michael Ritchie - Director
- Bill Lancaster - Writer
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