The Bad News Bears Go To Japan (1978)

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Filling the shoes occupied by Walter Matthau in the Bad News Bears and William Devane in The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training, Tony Curtis takes on the role of the teams newest coach in this, the third installment in the series. Jackie Earle Haley returns as Kelly Leak, the Bears' star player, as… More Filling the shoes occupied by Walter Matthau in the Bad News Bears and William Devane in The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training, Tony Curtis takes on the role of the teams newest coach in this, the third installment in the series. Jackie Earle Haley returns as Kelly Leak, the Bears' star player, as the team ventures to the other side of the world to face off against the best little league team in Japan. While there, the Bears find their way into mischief and Kelly finds love with a local girl. Though this was the last entry in the film series a television series followed a year later. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: PG, 1 hr. 42 min.
Directed By: John Berry
Written By: Bill Lancaster
Genres: Comedy

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1978 Wide
On DVD: Feb 12, 2002

Critic Reviews

Ryan Cracknell, Movie Views
So how much more can they get out of cussing kiddies playing baseball? Apparently an additional 91 minutes - 91 painful, horrendous, baseball-bat-to-the-crotch-three-times minutes.
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
And they can stay there.
Michael A. Smith, Nolan's Pop Culture Review
Why, Lord, why?
Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
Enough of the Bears already! Even Matthau bailed out.
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
Thankfully the Bears retired after their return from Japan.
Ian Waldron-Mantgani, Apollo Guide
Manages the amazing feat of seeming to both drag out its material and completely skim over it.

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Cast

            Tony Curtis as Marvin Lazar

            Jackie Earle Haley as Kelly Leak

            Tomisaburo  Wakayama as Coach Shimizu

            Hatsune Ishihara as Arika

            George Wyner as Network Director

            Lonny Chapman as Louis the Gambler

            Chris Barnes
            
            Mathew Douglas Anton as E.R.W. Tillyard III

            Erin Blunt as Ahmad Rahim

            George Gonzales as Miguel Aguilar

            Brett Marx as Jimmy Feldman

            David Pollock as Rudy Stein

            David Stambaugh as Toby Whitewood

            Jeffrey Louis Starr as Mike Engleberg

            Scoody Thornton as Mustapha Rahim

            Dick Button as Himself

            Hugh Gillin as Pennywall

            Gene Lebell as Mean Bones' Manager

            Dick McGarvin as Network Man #3

            Regis Philbin as Harry Hahm

            James Staley as Network Man #4

            Don Watters as Network Man #1

            Michael Yama as Usher

            Jerry Ziesmer as Eddie of Network

            Tak Kubota as Referee

            Jerry Maren as Page Boy

            Robert Sorrells as Locke
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