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The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

The Bad News Bears are one year older and one year wilder.

19775.81h 40m

Overview

A troubled, rebellious teen drives his rambunctious baseball team out to Houston where they play an exhibition game and the boy meets his estranged father, and hires him as the teams coach.

Directed by Michael Pressman
Written by Bill Lancaster, Paul Brickman
Produced by Leonard Goldberg
Box Office0Revenue: $19.1M

Top Cast

William Devane

William Devane

Mike Leak

Clifton James

Clifton James

Sy Orlansky

Jackie Earle Haley

Jackie Earle Haley

Kelly Leak

Jimmy Baio

Jimmy Baio

Carmen Ronzonni

Erin Blunt

Erin Blunt

Ahmad Abdul Rahim

J

Jaime Escobedo

Jose Agilar

G

George Gonzales

Miguel Agilar

Alfred Lutter

Alfred Lutter

Ogilvie

B

Brett Marx

Jimmie Feldman

D

David Pollock

Rudi Stein

Themes & Keywords

sportsbaseballsequelhouston, texaslittle leaguekids' sports team

About The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training is a comedy, family film released in 1977 exploring themes of sports, baseball, sequel, houston, texas, little league, kids' sports team. Directed by Michael Pressman, it stars William Devane, Clifton James, Jackie Earle Haley. A troubled, rebellious teen drives his rambunctious baseball team out to Houston where they play an exhibition game and the boy meets his estranged father, and hires him as the teams coach.

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