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Overview

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Director:
John Berry
Writer:
Bill Lancaster (written by)
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Release Date:
30 June 1978 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Sport more
Tagline:
They never met an adult they couldn't drive crazy. more
Plot:
In this third film version of the Bad News Bears series, Tony Curtis plays a small time promotor/hustler... more | add synopsis
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Breaking Chop Sticks. more (16 total)

Cast

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Tony Curtis ... Marvin Lazar

Jackie Earle Haley ... Kelly Leak
Tomisaburo Wakayama ... Coach Shimizu
Antonio Inoki ... Himself
Hatsune Ishihara ... Arika

George Wyner ... the Network Director
Lonny Chapman ... Louis the Gambler
Matthew Anton ... E.R.W. Tillyard III (as Matthew Douglas Anton)
Erin Blunt ... Ahmad Rahim
George Gonzales ... Miguel Agilar
Brett Marx ... Jimmy Feldman

David Pollock ... Rudy Stein
David Stambaugh ... Toby Whitewood
Jeffrey Louis Starr ... Mike Engleberg
Scoody Thornton ... Mustapha Rahim
Abraham Unger ... Abe Bernstein
Dick Button ... Himself

Regis Philbin ... Harry Hahn
Kinichi Hagimoto ... Game Show Host
Hugh Gillin ... Pennywall
Robert Sorrells ... Locke
Clarence Barnes ... Mean Bones Beaudine
Michael Yama ... Usher

James Staley ... Network Man #4
Dick McGarvin ... Network Man #3
Tak Kubota ... Referee
Jerry Ziesmer ... Eddie of Network
Gene LeBell ... Mean Bones' Manager
Bin Amatsu ... Arika's Father
Dean A. Okinaka ... Manager
Victor Toyota ... Interpreter
Yangi Kitadani ... Fight Announcer
Marjorie Jackson ... Waitress
Jerry Maren ... Page Boy
Tim P. Sullivan ... Network Man #2
Bob Kino ... Moderator
Dennis Freeman ... Network Man #5
Kyôko Fuji ... Madam (as Kyoko Fuji)
Ginger Martin ... Director's Aide
Daniel Sasaki ... Band Leader
Don Watters ... Network Man #1
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Julie Hampton ... Dancing woman (uncredited)
Shô Kosugi ... Man doing a Kata demonstration (uncredited)
Akira Oizumi ... (uncredited)

Ari Taub ... Left fielder (uncredited)
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Directed by
John Berry 
 
Writing credits
Bill Lancaster (written by)

Produced by
Terry Carr .... associate producer
Bill Lancaster .... co-producer
Michael Ritchie .... producer
Hisashi Yabe .... associate producer: Japan
 
Original Music by
Paul Chihara (music scored by)
 
Film Editing by
Richard A. Harris 
Dennis Virkler 
 
Production Design by
Walter Scott Herndon 
 
Set Decoration by
Cheryal Kearney 
 
Makeup Department
Hisako Hanazawi .... hair stylist: Japanese Crew (as Hisako Hanazawa)
Bob Mills .... makeup artist (as Robert Mills)
 
Production Management
Terry Carr .... unit production manager
Asatomo Kyokawa .... unit manager: Japan
William Ross .... unit manager: Japan (as Bill Ross)
Lindsley Parsons Jr. .... executive production manager: Paramount (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mike Abe .... assistant director: Japan
Alan Brimfeld .... second assistant director (as Alan Brimfield)
Jerry Ziesmer .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Hiroshi Kitagawa .... art director: Japan
Mike Miner .... property master
 
Sound Department
William Andrews .... sound effects editor (as Bill Andrews)
Bub Asman .... sound effects editor (as Henry Asman)
Gene S. Cantamessa .... sound mixer (as Gene Cantamesa)
John Wilkinson .... sound re-recording mixer (as John K. Wilkinson)
Raul A. Bruce .... boom operator (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Hector Guerrero .... stunt double
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Marlin Hall .... key grip
Kozo Okazaki .... director of photography: Japan
Gene Polito .... director of photography: USA
Richard Walden .... first assistant camera (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nancy Martinelli .... wardrobe
Thomas Welsh .... wardrobe (as Tommy Welsh)
 
Editorial Department
Carolyn H. Abe .... assistant film editor
 
Music Department
Paul Chihara .... music adaptor
Robert Krüger .... music editor (as Robert Krueger)
Michael Melvoin .... music arranger: songs (as Mike Melvoin)
 
Other crew
Takashi Arakawa .... baseball advisor: Japanese Crew
Charlotte Dreiman .... location liaison: Japan
Michie Ross .... interpreter: Japanese Crew
Shinichirô Sawai .... dialogue coach: Japanese Crew (as Shinichiro Sawai)
Naofumi Okamoto .... production coordinator (uncredited)
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
91 min
Country:
USA | Japan
Language:
English | Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:PG | USA:PG
Filming Locations:
Tokyo, Japan

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Abe Bernstein: Marvin I can't take off my shoes, I'll get athletes foot!
Marvin Lazar: Well then that'll be the only part of you that is an athlete.
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Movie Connections:
References Rocky (1976) more
Soundtrack:
MEAN BONES more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Breaking Chop Sticks., 7 June 2005
Author: tfrizzell from United States

Sleazy hustler/promoter Tony Curtis (looking old and tired here) talks our pint-sized heroes into going to Japan to play an international little league game with the best team in the Orient. Sleep-inducing third installment lacks the wit and charm of the original and even lacks the minimum credibility that the first sequel had. Jackie Earle Haley and the rest of the ballplayers seem like little more than spoiled adolescent performers that are just going through the motions. Curtis' one-liners and used car dealer-styled part wears thin before we are even settled in. More proof that sequels rarely work, particularly in the 1970s. Turkey (0 stars out of 5).

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