Kill the Umpire

Mountains are clearly visible at the St.

Petersburg, Fla stadium.

There are no mountains anywhere near St.

The movie is set in Saint Petersburg FL.

The first exhibition game is broadcast on TV by KXIW.

However, states east of the Mississippi have TV stations with call letters that begin with the letter W.

When Bill Johnson (William Bendix) is bouncing around in the locker room of the umpire school, support wires are clearly visible during the final bounce.

Several large mountain ranges are visible in background of ballpark scenes set in St.

Petersburg, Florida, an area that has no mountains.

This is the story of a man who has trouble focusing on his work every spring because he can't keep from following baseball—either at the ballpark, on TV or radio. He loves his wife and family, and never wants to neglect his work, but baseball fills his mind.

This film is mainly a missed opportunity. It might have been a minor but pleasurable evocation of a certain (supposedly more innocent)era, and of the "baseball life" as seen through the eyes of an umpire.

It's sort of nice when you watch a film not expecting much, but discover an entertaining story. That was the case for this film, which I saw on TCM.

This is a really a funny movie, something Director Lloyd Bacon produced by the carload back in "the classic era." Bacon's movies were fast-moving and entertaining, and this was no exception.

I saw this film over 20 years ago for the first and only time on an old reel to reel projector. I have been unable to find anyone who can produce it in video form, but if I could I would surely make it a part of my collection.

I love this film. It speaks of passion for baseball and for the truth.

This is one of (if not the) best baseball movies ever made. I remember watching it every spring as I grew up, and never tired of it.

What I noticed first about this flick was the opening soundtrack of 'Three Blind Mice', I thought I was watching a Three Stooges short. As the film went on, a number of characters appeared that I remember from the Stooges films (Vernon Dent, Emil Stitka, etc.

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