Main Cast: Tom Ewell, Anne Francis, Ann Miller, Dean Jones, Rudy Lee
Release Year: 1956
Country: US
Run Time: 89 minutes
Plot
Tom Ewell plays a busy attorney who wishes to be closer to his son. To do this, he becomes manager of the boy's little league team, much to the dismay of his wife (Anne Francis), who can't stand baseball. Ewell finds that he must contend with pushy and ambitious parents who hope to live their own sports fantasies vicariously through their ballplaying children. The single mother of one of the kids (Ann Miller) goes to Ewell to plead for her boy's advancement, but the purpose of the meeting is misinterpreted by Ewell's jealous wife. Fed up with sacrificing sportsmanship to the whims of the parents, Ewell encourages his team to play for the love of the game rather than "winning at any cost." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Judson Pratt - Ed Ryder; Raymond Bailey - George Carruthers; Wilfrid Knapp - Mr. Dawson; Bob Jellison - Mr. O'Keefe; Raymond Winston - Herbie Patterson; Paul Engle - Foster Carruthers; Ann Morriss - Mrs. George Carruthers; Gene O'Donnell - Samuel J. Garway; Ruby Dee; Nathaniel Benchley
Credit
Randall Duell - Art Director, Herman Hoffman - Director, Gene Ruggiero - Editor, Jeff Alexander - Composer (Music Score), William J. Tuttle - Makeup, William Horning - Production Designer, Arthur E. Arling - Cinematographer, Henry Berman - Producer, Edward Boyle - Set Designer, Edwin B. Willis - Set Designer, Arnold A. Gillespie - Special Effects, Nathaniel Benchley - Screenwriter
