The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

The Bad News Bears
Go to Japan
Official theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Berry
Written byBill Lancaster
Produced byMichael Ritchie
Fred T. Gallo (associate producer)
StarringTony Curtis
Jackie Earle Haley
CinematographyGene Polito
Edited byRichard A. Harris
Dennis Virkler
Music byPaul Chihara
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • June 30, 1978 (1978-06-30)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Japanese
Box office$7.3 million (U.S./Canada rentals)[1]

The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (also known as The Bad News Bears 3) is a 1978 American sport comedy film released by Paramount Pictures and was the third and last of a series, following The Bad News Bears and The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training. It stars Tony Curtis and Jackie Earle Haley and features Regis Philbin in a small role and Japanese wrestler Antonio Inoki in a role.

This film was followed by a 1979 CBS-TV series, and by a 2005 remake of the 1976 film.

  1. ^ Cohn, Lawrence (October 15, 1990). "All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. p. M144.