Kill the Umpire

Kill the Umpire
Directed byLloyd Bacon
Written byFrank Tashlin
Produced byJohn Beck
StarringWilliam Bendix
Una Merkel
Ray Collins
Gloria Henry
CinematographyCharles Lawton Jr.
Edited byCharles Nelson
Music byHeinz Roemheld
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • April 27, 1950 (1950-04-27)
Running time
78 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.