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The Kid from Left Field
The Kid from Left Field
Directed by	Harmon Jones
Written by	Jack Sher
Produced by	Leonard Goldstein
Starring	Dan Dailey; Anne Bancroft; Billy Chapin;
Cinematography	Harry Jackson
Edited by	William H. Reynolds
Music by	Lionel Newman (uncredited)
Production; company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	June 29, 1953 (United States); July 31, 1953 (Los Angeles);
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$670,000

The Kid from Left Field is a 1953 baseball comedy film starring Dan Dailey, Anne Bancroft, Lloyd Bridges, and Billy Chapin. The film marked the reunion of Dailey and director Harmon Jones who had teamed up at 20th Century Fox a year earlier in another baseball film, the biographical The Pride of St. Louis.

The film was remade for television in 1979, starring Gary Coleman, Gary Collins and Robert Guillaume.

Plot

Former ballplayer 'Coop' (Dailey) is working as a peanut vendor at the ballpark of a struggling major league club, the Bisons. He has passed on his love of the game to his son Christie (Chapin), but after sneaking his son into the game one too many times, he is fired from his job. Christie ingratiates himself with the former owner's niece (Bancroft) and gets his father's job back as well as a position as batboy for himself.

As a publicity stunt, Christie is named their youngest manager ever, but when he falls ill, Coop replaces him as manager. The Bisons win the pennant and earn a spot in the World Series.

Cast

Dan Dailey as Larry 'Pop' Cooper
Anne Bancroft as Marian Foley
Billy Chapin as Christie Cooper
Lloyd Bridges as Pete Haines
Ray Collins as Fred F. Whacker
Richard Egan as Billy Lorant
Bob Hopkins as Bobo Noonan
Alex Gerry as J.R. Johnson
Walter Sande as Barnes
Fess Parker as McDougal
Paul Wexler as umpire (uncredited)

References

^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p248