The Comeback Kid (1980)
The only error Bubba made was falling in love.
A down-on his-luck baseball pitcher finds a new set of rewards coaching a gang of underprivileged youngsters and romancing a career-oriented playground supervisor who, against her better judgment, put the kids in his charge.
- Date of release
- 1980-04-11
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Director
- Peter Levin
Casting
- John Ritter — Bubba Newman
- Susan Dey — Megan Barrett
- Doug McKeon — Michael
- James Gregory — Scotty
- Jeremy Licht — Paul
- Dick O'Neill — Phil
- Rod Gist — Ray Carver
- Michael Lembeck — Tony
- Patrick Swayze — Chuck
- Angela Aames — Sherry
- Tan Adams — Shirley
- Kevin King Cooper — Tank
Interesting facts
The Comeback Kid is a 1980 American made-for-television romantic comedy sports film starring John Ritter, Susan Dey and Doug McKeon which was broadcast on ABC on April 11, 1980. The film features many actors well known from their TV appearances: Ritter, Dey, Gregory, Licht, Lembeck, McKeon, and Kim Fields. It also stars Patrick Swayze in an early minor role.
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