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6.2/10   168 votes
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Director:
Harmon Jones
Writer:
Jack Sher (writer)
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Release Date:
July 1953 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Sport more
Tagline:
The wackily wonderful story that waves pennants in your heart! more
Plot:
Coop's an ex-ballplayer is now a peanut vendor, who takes too much of an interest in the game. But he's passed on his craze for baseball to his son... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Interesting "fantasy" movie more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Dan Dailey ... Larry 'Pop' Cooper

Anne Bancroft ... Marian Foley
Billy Chapin ... Christie Cooper

Lloyd Bridges ... Pete Haines
Ray Collins ... Fred F. Whacker
Richard Egan ... Billy Lorant
Bob Hopkins ... Bobo Noonan
Alex Gerry ... J.R. Johnson
Walter Sande ... Barnes
Fess Parker ... McDougal
George Phelps ... Tony
John Gallaudet ... Hyams
Paul Salata ... Larson
John Beradino ... Hank Dreiser (as John Berardino)
Gene Thompson ... Jim Cary, Pitcher
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Additional Details

Runtime:
80 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #16442)

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Movie Connections:
Remade as The Kid from Left Field (1979) (TV) more

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2 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Interesting "fantasy" movie, 11 December 2003
5/10
Author: MountainMan from Midlothian, Virginia

Great actors, mediocre movie. The premise of this movie has been used in many movies. You know, where a team is slumping terribly and along comes some 'magical' external influence to change it all around (eg. Major League). The problem with the screenplay of this movie is how they depicted the teams' slump, with balls rolling through infielder's legs, dropped easy fly balls, and batters clueless as to their hitting slumps. And worst of all was when the outfielder had his glove out to catch a fly ball and the ball hit him square in the forehead. Good for laughs, but jeeeez, these guys are MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS. But the KID solves the problems of these major league players (more fantasy). Fun to watch anyway, but only got my 5/10.

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