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Bad News Bears (The)
- Director: Michael Ritchie
- Writer: Bill Lancaster
- Producer: Stanley R. Jaffe
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First of a trilogy of films takes an unflinching look at the underbelly of little league baseball in Southern California. Former minor leaguer Morris Buttermaker is a lazy, beer swilling swimming pool cleaner who takes money to coach the Bears, a bunch of disheveled misfits who have virtually no baseball talent. Realizing his dilemma, Coach Buttermaker brings aboard girl pitching ace Amanda Whurlizer, the daughter of a former girlfriend, and Kelly Leak, a motorcycle punk who happens to be the best player around. Brimming with confidence, the Bears look to sweep into the championship game and avenge an earlier loss to their nemesis, the Yankees.
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Cast & Characters
Walter Matthau as Coach Morris Buttermaker;
Tatum O'Neal as Amanda Whurlitzer;
Vic Morrow as Roy Turner;
Joyce Van Patten as Cleveland;
Ben Piazza as Bob Whitewood;
Jackie Earle Haley as Kelly Leak;
Alfred Lutter III as Ogilvie;
Chris Barnes as Tanner Boyle;
Erin Blunt as Ahmad Abdul Rahim;
Gary Lee Cavagnaro as Engelberg;
Jaime Escobedo as Jose Agilar;
Scott Firestone as Regi Tower;
George Gonzales as Miguel Agilar;
Brett Marx as Jimmy Feldman;
David Pollock as Rudi Stein