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William Bendix, Una Merkel, Ray Collins, Gloria Henry, Jeff Richards ...( see more see more... ) , Connie Marshall

Ex-baseball player Bill Johnson, failing at many jobs when his ball-playing days are over, reluctantly takes the advice of his father-in-law, Jonah Evans, a retired umpire, and enters an umpire-traini...( read more read more... )ng school. Assigned to the Texas League, he does fine until the championship play-offs when a riot develops over one of his calls. The involved player is knocked unconscious in the proceedings and cannot verify that Bill made the correct call. Despite lynch mob plans to at least tar-and-feather him, Bill's family - his daughters Lucy and Susan and his wife Betty - help Bill reach the ballpark safely the next day through a series of hair-raising encounters.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 18 min.

Directed by: Lloyd Bacon

Release Date: April 27, 1950

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