The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978)

In this third film of the Bad News Bears series, Tony Curtis plays a small time promoter/hustler who takes the pint-sized baseball team to Japan for a match against the country's best ... See full summary »

Director:

John Berry

Writer:

Bill Lancaster

Stars:

Tony Curtis, Jackie Earle Haley, Tomisaburô Wakayama

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tony Curtis	...	Marvin Lazar
Jackie Earle Haley	...	Kelly Leak
Tomisaburô Wakayama	...	Coach Shimizu
Antonio Inoki	...	Himself
Hatsune Ishihara	...	Arika
George Wyner	...	Network Director
Lonny Chapman	...	Louis the Gambler
Matthew Anton	...	E.R.W. Tillyard III (as Matthew Douglas Anton)
Erin Blunt	...	Ahmad Rahim
George Gonzales	...	Miguel Agilar
Brett Marx	...	Jimmy Feldman
David Pollock	...	Rudy Stein
David Stambaugh	...	Toby Whitewood
Jeffrey Louis Starr	...	Mike Engleberg
Scoody Thornton	...	Mustapha Rahim

Storyline

In this third film of the Bad News Bears series, Tony Curtis plays a small time promoter/hustler who takes the pint-sized baseball team to Japan for a match against the country's best little league baseball team which sparks off a series of adventures and mishaps the boys come into.

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Plot Keywords:

baseball | japan | altered version of studio logo | baseball game | homerun | 

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Taglines:

They never met an adult they couldn't drive crazy.

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Sport

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

Japan USA

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

30 June 1978 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Bad News Bears 3

Filming Locations:

Tokyo, Japan

Box Office

Gross USA:

$14,000,000

Company Credits

Production Co:

Michael Ritchie Productions, Paramount Pictures, Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first 'Bad News Bears' movie not to feature fan favorite Tanner Boyle played in the first two films by Chris Barnes.

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Quotes

Abe Bernstein: Marvin, if I take off my shoes, I'm going to get athlete's foot!
Marvin Lazar: Well, that'll be the only part of you that is an athlete.

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Crazy Credits

The Paramount mountain changes into Mount Fuji before the opening credits begin.

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Connections

Follows The Bad News Bears (1976)

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Soundtracks

Take Me Out to the Ball Game
(uncredited)
Music by Albert von Tilzer

User Reviews

Convoluted Mess

This movie didn't know what it wanted to be. The whole plot simply doesn't make sense. Like with the first sequel, main characters disappear without explanation and new ones are added. Also like the sequel, they play horrible ball to start with despite being such a good team. Can talent be switched on and off like offense in a wrestling match?

The whole story of the team going to Japan just doesn't make sense. The side plot of Kelly pursuing a relationship is also thrown in without any thought. By the end, you don't care who wins or even if they play at all. In fact, baseball is not even the focus of the movie and the child actors play very minor roles.

Just a terrible movie that never should have been made.