Kill the Umpire (1950)

Exbaseball player Bill Johnson failing at many jobs when his ballplaying days are over reluctantly takes the advice of his fatherinlaw Jonah Evans a retired umpire and enters an umpiretraining school Assigned to the Texas League he does fine until the championship playoffs 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 tarandfeather him Bills 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 hairraising encounters