The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978)
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Filling the shoes occupied by Walter Matthau in the Bad News Bears and William Devane in The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training, Tony Curtis takes on the role of the teams newest coach in this, the third installment in the series. Jackie Earle Haley returns as Kelly Leak, the Bears' star player, as the team ventures to the other side of the world to face off against the best little league team in Japan. While there, the Bears find their way into mischief and Kelly finds love with a local girl. Though this was the last entry in the film series a television series followed a year later. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi
- Starring:
- Tony Curtis, Jackie Earle Haley, (more)
- Director(s):
- John Berry
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
Filling the shoes occupied by Walter Matthau in the Bad News Bears and William Devane in The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training, Tony Curtis takes on the role of the teams newest coach in this, the third installment in the series. Jackie Earle Haley returns as Kelly Leak, the Bears' star player, as the team ventures to the other side of the world to face off against the best little league team in Japan. While there, the Bears find their way into mischief and Kelly finds love with a local girl. Though this was the last entry in the film series a television series followed a year later. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 92 mins
Complete Cast of The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
- Tony Curtis - Marvin Lazar
- Tomisaburo Wakayama - Coach Shimizu
- George Wyner - Network Director
- Chris Barnes
- Erin Blunt - Ahmad Rahim
- Brett Marx - Jimmy Feldman
- David Stambaugh - Toby Whitewood
- Scoody Thornton - Mustapha Rahim
- Robert Sorrells - Locke
- Tak Kubota - Referee
- Hugh Gillin - Pennywall
- James Staley - Network Man #4
- Don Watters - Network Man #1
- Gene Lebell - Mean Bones' Manager
- Jackie Earle Haley - Kelly Leak
- Hatsune Ishihara - Arika
- Lonny Chapman - Louis the Gambler
- Mathew Douglas Anton - E.R.W. Tillyard III
- George Gonzales - Miguel Aguilar
- David Pollock - Rudy Stein
- Jeffrey Louis Starr - Mike Engleberg
- Dick Button - Himself
- Jerry Maren - Page Boy
- Jerry Ziesmer - Eddie of Network
- Dick McGarvin - Network Man #3
- Michael Yama - Usher
- Regis Philbin - Harry Hahm
- Director(s):
- John Berry
- Writer(s):
- Bill Lancaster
- Producer(s):
- Michael Ritchie, Terry Carr
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Questionable for Children, Adult Language)
- Categories:
- Comedy
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