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The Great American Pastime (1956)

The Great American Pastime poster
Directed by
Herman Hoffman
Genre
sport film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A suburban man gets roped into coaching a rowdy Little League baseball team. He juggles the antics of the kids with the reactions of their parents and his own family life.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulgentlewarmfamily-orientednostalgiccheerful

What happens

The Great American Pastime is a 1956 American comedy film about Little League baseball, directed by Herman Hoffman and starring Tom Ewell, Anne Francis, and Ann Miller, in her final film for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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