Where to Watch Kill the Umpire (1950) Online

Want to watch 'Kill the Umpire' in the comfort of your own home? Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Lloyd Bacon-directed movie via subscription can be difficult, so we here at Moviefone want to help you out.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'Kill the Umpire' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'Kill the Umpire' right now, here are some finer points about the Columbia Pictures comedy flick.

Released April 27th, 1950, 'Kill the Umpire' stars William Bendix, Una Merkel, Ray Collins, Gloria Henry The NR movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 18 min, and received a user score of 62 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 5 knowledgeable users.

Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Ex-baseball player Bill Johnson, failing at many jobs when his ball-playing days are over, reluctantly takes the advice of his father-in-law, Jonah Evans, a retired umpire, and enters an umpire-training school. Assigned to the Texas League, he does fine until the championship play-offs 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 tar-and-feather him, Bill's 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 hair-raising encounters." .