Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'Kill the Umpire' right now, here are some notable highlights about the Columbia Pictures comedy flick. Kill the Umpire starring William Bendix, Una Merkel, Ray Collins, Gloria Henry has a NR rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 18 min. The release date of the movie is April 27th, 1950. represents input from real
Looking for a quick synopsis? Here's the plot: "Ex-baseball player Bill Johnson, failing at many jobs when his ball-playing days are over, reluctantly takes the advice of his father-in-law, Jonah Evans, a retired umpire, and enters an umpire-training school. Assigned to the Texas League, he does fine until the championship play-offs when a riot develops over one of his calls. The involved player is knocked unconscious in the proceedings and cannot verify that Bill made the correct call. Despite lynch mob plans to at least tar-and-feather him, Bill's family - his daughters Lucy (Gloria Henry and Susan and his wife Betty - help Bill reach the ballpark safely the next day through a series of hair-raising encounters."
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'Kill the Umpire' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on April 27th, 1950








