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:

For the summer of '78, The Bad News Bears will be back in their all new film comedy.

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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:

$7,092,495

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$7,092,495

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

Jackie Earle Haley (Kelly), Erin Blunt (Ahmad), George Gonzalez (Miguel), David Pollock (Rudi Stein), Brett Marx (Feldman), David Stambaugh (Toby) are the only five actors to appear in all three Bad News Bears.

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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

References Happy Days (1974)

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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

Bad Script!!!

This film didn't follow-up to the first two successful sequels! John Berry, was not a good director, and especially a bad script!!!

Tony Curtis (Father of Jamie Lee, starred in "Halloween" the same year), did an Ok job, and I say that this film was disaster!!!

NO STARS!!!