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The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

They never met an adult they couldn't drive crazy.
Jun 30, 1978 · 1h 32m
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Comedy

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A small time promotor/hustler takes the pint-sized baseball team to Japan for a match against the country's best little league baseball team which sparks off a series of adventures and mishaps the boys come into.

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CAST

Tony Curtis
Marvin Lazar
Jackie Earle Haley
Kelly Leak
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Coach Shimizu
Kanji Inoki
Self
Hatsune Ishihara
Arika
George Wyner
The Network Director
Lonny Chapman
Louis the Gambler
Matthew Anton
E.R.W. Tillyard III
Directed by John Berry

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
$7,092,495
Production
Paramount Pictures
Country
US

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