The Bush Leaguer

A Squeeze Play That'll Tickle Your Ribs and Warm Your Heart

The Bush Leaguer — Plot

"Specs" White owns a garage in town and is the local baseball team's #1 pitcher--but he's more interested in working on his latest invention, a new and improved gas pump, than pitching on the team. A scout for the Los Angeles Angels professional baseball team offers Specs a contract. He accepts, but only so he can use the money he gets to work on his invention. However, Specs has a secret he dare not tell anyone--he's scared to death of large crowds. Alice Hobbs, the young, pretty owner of the Angels, tries to help him with that problem, but a misunderstanding causes another problem. this time between Specs and Alice.

• Release date
• August 20, 1927
• Runtime
• 70 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Howard Bretherton

The Bush Leaguer — Cast

Monte Blue Buchanan 'Specs' White Clyde Cook Skeeter McKinnon Leila Hyams Alice Hobbs William Demarest John Gilroy Richard Tucker Wallace Ramsey Violet Palmer Marie

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Bud Marshall Stetson