Kill the Umpire
| Kill the Umpire | |
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| Directed by | Lloyd Bacon |
| Written by | Frank Tashlin |
| Produced by | John Beck |
| Starring | William Bendix Una Merkel Ray Collins Gloria Henry |
| Cinematography | Charles Lawton Jr. |
| Edited by | Charles Nelson |
| Music by | Heinz Roemheld |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 78 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Kill the Umpire is a 1950 baseball comedy film starring William Bendix and Una Merkel, directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Frank Tashlin.
Bendix two years earlier had portrayed baseball player Babe Ruth in the biographical film The Babe Ruth Story. One of the ballplayers in this picture is played by Jeff Richards, billed as Richard Taylor, a minor-league ballplayer before becoming an actor.