The Comeback Kid (film)
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The Comeback Kid | |
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Genre | Comedy Romance Sport |
Written by | Joe S. Landon |
Directed by | Peter Levin |
Starring | John Ritter Susan Dey Doug McKeon Jeremy Licht Patrick Swayze |
Theme music composer | Barry De Vorzon |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Joe S. Landon (associate producer) (as Joe Landon) Robert M. Myman (associate producer) Louis Rudolph (producer) |
Cinematography | Ric Waite |
Editor(s) | David Newhouse |
Running time | 97 min. |
Production company(s) | ABC Circle Films |
Distributor | ABC |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Original release | April 11, 1980 |
The Comeback Kid is a 1980 American made-for-television sports romantic comedy film starring John Ritter, Susan Dey and Doug McKeon which was broadcast on ABC on April 11, 1980.
Plot
Bubba Newman, a baseball player from the minor league decides to quit baseball and do something else with his life because he feels "down and out". Bubba gets a renewed look at life when he becomes a coach for a group of kids who are underprivileged and finds romance.
Cast
- John Ritter as Bubba Newman
- Susan Dey as Megan Barrett
- Doug McKeon as Michael
- James Gregory as Scotty
- Jeremy Licht as Paul
- Dick O'Neill as Phil
- Rod Gist as Ray Carver
- Michael Lembeck as Tony
- Patrick Swayze as Chuck
- Angela Aames as Sherry
- Tan Adams as Shirley
- Abraham Alvarez as Frank
- Kevin King Cooper as Tank
- Kim Fields as Molly
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Comeback Kid at IMDb
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